1993-06 · NASA ASRS report 243212
UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE. PROX OF TCA.
CONDITIONS VFR WITH FLT FOLLOWING RTE RNAV DIRECT ELP DIRECT KDVT LNDG KDVT. LOST CONTACT WITH ZAB APPROX 50 NM E ON FREQ INBOUND. IT SHOULD BE NOTED ZAB XMITTED SOMETHING LIKE COMPUTER BREAKDOWN OR LOST ACFT IDENT; NO N-NUMBERS OR CODE WHICH SUGGESTS A POSSIBLE COMPUTER MALFUNCTION -- XMITTING THIS TWICE PERHAPS MORE; NO REF TO TYPE OF ACFT. DSNDING VFR FROM 16500 FT; 'NO CHANGE IN XPONDER CODE;' 15000 FT AND BELOW ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB. MY ONE AND ONLY PAX STARTED TO SHOW AIR SICKNESS AND STARTED TO LOOK FOR A SUITABLE SACK WHICH ENDED UP TO BE MY SHIFT GARMENT BAG. THIS HELPED. HOWEVER; VOMIT WENT EVERYWHERE. INTERRUPTING MY NORMAL PROC TO CONTACT CTR; THIS LAPSE TIME IN COM NORMALLY WOULD READ LIKE: LEVEL AT; DSNDING THROUGH; OR WITH NO COM CLUTTER A SIMPLE REQUEST FOR GS; OR HOW DO YOU READ #2 RADIO; THUS ESTABLISHING CONTACT GRACIOUSLY. THIS SIT PLACED MY POS PENETRATING PHX TCA; USED DVT TWR FREQ REQUESTING CLRNC; WAS GIVEN STRAIGHT IN RWY 25L THEN CHANGED TO ACCEPT RWY 25R. ALL XMISSIONS I WAS CHOKED WITH VOMIT STENCH HAVING PROBS BREATHING OR VOICE EVEN WHILE TAXIING IN FOR REFUELING. CONCERNED ABOUT CLEANING UP MYSELF; PAX AND CABIN; TRYING TO CONVERSE BY PHONE WITH APCH CTL CHOKING FROM THE STENCH MAKING SENSE WAS NOT TOO CLR. FRANKLY; I WAS ANGRY WITH MYSELF ALL RELATED TO THE ABOVE. FOR THE RECORD; EVEN THE USE OF THE CABIN SMOKE DUMP GAVE NO RELIEF. ON THE GND THE STORM WINDOW OPEN MADE IT WORSE IN THE PRESSURIZED ACFT. WHAT I LEARNED: REGARDLESS; FLY THE ACFT; COMMUNICATE; IF NOT; STAY CLR OF TCA UNTIL COM IS ESTABLISHED AND CLRNC GIVEN AND MAKE CERTAIN SICK SACKS ARE WITHIN EASY REACH. NOTE: GLOVE BOX IS NOW THE SPACE USED FOR THE VLF OMEGA/GPS. MANY OF MY FLTS ARE INTO CONGESTED AREAS; 'NEVER A FREAK SIT AS OF JUN/XX/93;' NOR A VIOLATION AIRSPACE OR TCA. THIS EXPERIENCE WILL BE PASSED ON WITH THE HOPE IT WILL HELP MY FELLOW PLTS BENEFIT AND AVOID A SIMILAR SIT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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