1992-10 · NASA ASRS report 222837
ERRONEOUS PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE. PROX OF ATA APCH RTE.
I TOOK OFF FROM AIRMEN'S ACRES ARPT ON RWY AT ABOUT XX12. DEST HARVEY YOUNG ARPT. SOON AS I WAS AIRBORNE I CALLED TULSA APCH 119.1 FOR A TRANSPONDER CODE AND RECOGNITION AND GOT NO RESPONSE. THEN I CALLED; I BELIEVE; 3 MORE TIMES BEFORE GETTING A RESPONSE. I WAS AT 900 FT AGL. MEANWHILE; I MUST HAVE PICKED UP ON A TAILWIND AT 900 FT AS I WAS MOVING FASTER THAN USUAL. I WAS W; OR R OF RWY 35-17 FLT PATH (E COMMERCIAL RWY) AND HAD LOOKED FOR TFC AND CROSSED OVER IT TO THE E AND THEN S. 119.5 WAS NOT VERY ACTIVE AND I EXPECTED A RESPONSE TO MY CALL ANY SECOND AND PROBABLY WAS SLIGHTLY IN ARSA WHEN CTLR RESPONDED; WHICH HAD HAPPENED FAIRLY REGULAR IN PAST. IT SEEMED TO BE ROUTINE FOR IT TO BE THAT WAY AND JUST GOT OUT OF HAND. WHEN THE CTLR GOT AROUND TO CONTACTING ME; HE GAVE ME A CODE AND AFTER 30-40 SECONDS; ACKNOWLEDGED RADAR CONTACT AND SAID 3 MI. THEN HE ASKED ME TO CALL TWR AND LATER CALLED AND SAID TO CALL (TELEPHONE NUMBER); WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A PRIVATE RESIDENCE. I TRIED TO CALL ON ARR BUT THE ARPT PHONE WAS BUSY; IT WAS BUSY AFTER I TIED DOWN; SO I WENT HOME AND TRIED TO CALL ALL AFTERNOON; BUT THEY WOULDN'T ANSWER IT. I WAS IN MY SMA. THEY WOULDN'T ANSWER THE TWR PHONE ON THE NEXT DAY EITHER. I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF; WHEN PLTS STACK UP ON CTLRS; FOR CTLRS TO ISSUE A GENERAL WARNING FOR ALL PLANES WANTING CODE TO HOLD SHORT OF ATA UNTIL ANSWERED. BUT; WHAT COULD BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN A BUNCH OF PLANES DOING 180'S AND 360'S.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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