1992-12 · NASA ASRS report 227652
SMT UNABLE TO OBTAIN FLT FOLLOWING ACCUSED OF PENETRATING TCA.
WHILE PROCEEDING INTO CRESTVIEW; FL; FIELD; I WAS INFORMED BY JAX ATC THAT I MAY HAVE VIOLATED A TCA SOMEWHERE ALONG MY RTE OF FLT BUT REFUSED TO TELL ME WHICH ONE; AND REQUESTED THAT I GIVE THEM MY NAME; CERTIFICATE NUMBER; AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. I DEPARTED FLL ON A VFR ARSA CLRNC AT 6.5 MI. MY RTE OF FLT WAS FLL DIRECT LBV V97 PIE V35 CTY V295 TLH V198 CEW. AS I PROCEEDED FROM LBV TO PIE; I REQUESTED A HDOF FOR VFR FLT FOLLOWING; BUT WAS INFORMED BY MIA THAT TAMPA WAS TOO BUSY TO HANDLE ME. AS I APCHED THE TAMPA BAY AREA; IT BECAME NECESSARY FOR ME TO DSND FROM MY ORIGINAL 6500 FT; DOWN TO 4500 FT IN ORDER TO REMAIN VFR. AS I PROCEEDED N OF THE PIE/TAMPA AREA; I WAS ABLE TO GET VFR FLT FOLLOWING FROM ATC AND BTWN TLH AND CEW WAS ASKED FOR MY CREDENTIALS BY ATC AND INFORMED THAT I MAY HAVE VIOLATED A TCA BUT REFUSED TO TELL ME WHICH ONE WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL ON A LANDLINE TO TRY TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. IN FACT; WHEN I LANDED FOR FUEL AT CEW AND FILED MY IFR FLT PLAN TO AUS; I ATTEMPTED TO GET A LANDLINE NUMBER TO CALL TO NO AVAIL. MY REMAINING 3 LEGS FROM CEW-AUS-LAS WERE ON AN IFR FLT PLAN. I BELIEVE HAD I BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN VFR FLT FOLLOWING FOR MY ENTIRE RTE FROM FLL TO CEW; THIS INCIDENT WOULD NEVER HAVE OCCURRED. THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART FOR ME WAS MY INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEONE BY LANDLINE TO AT LEAST FIND OUT WHAT SPECIFIC AREA I VIOLATED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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