UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE BY CPR TURBO. PROX OF TCA.
Synopsis
UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE BY CPR TURBO. PROX OF TCA.
Narrative
I TAXIED OUT TO ACTIVE RWY AT PDK FROM FBO. PRIOR TO DEP REQUEST WAS MADE TO PDK TWR FOR VFR CLB DIRECT TO AGS. I XMITTED ALSO TO TWR TO COORDINATE WITH APCH CTL THAT I WAS COMING; WHICH; IN TURN; THEY SAID THEY DID. I WAS CLRED FOR TKOF AND TOLD TO TURN L AND CLB ON COURSE. I DID JUST THAT AND CONTACTED ATL APCH. I GAVE APCH MY IDENT AND SAID WE WERE CLBING VFR. THE CTLR SAID MAINTAIN VFR INSIDE THE TCA. (I FOUND OUT LATER; HE SAID 'OUTSIDE TCA.') I DISCOVERED THIS PROB WHEN AGS TWR CALLED TO INFORM ME THAT I WAS BEING VIOLATED. I HAD NO IDEA UP UNTIL THIS POINT THERE WAS ANY PROB. SINCE THEN; OR THE NEXT DAY; I TALKED WITH SUPVR IN THE ATL APCH CTL. HE SAID HE CHKED THE TAPES AND CTLR DID SAY MAINTAIN VFR OUTSIDE TCA OR REMAIN OUTSIDE TCA. I THINK; OUTSIDE OF ME NOT HEARING THE CTLR CORRECTLY; THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE PDK TWR INFORMING ME THEY COORDINATED WITH ATL APCH AND ISSUED ME A TURN AND CLB ON COURSE. THIS CONSTITUTES A CLRNC TO ME TO ENTER THE TCA DUE TO PREVIOUS COORD. OTHER FACTORS WERE ME NOT ACKNOWLEDGING ATL APCH AND THE CTLR NOT ENSURING CORRECT REPLY. I ALSO STAYED ON THE CTLR'S FREQ THROUGHOUT THE TCA AND CTLR MADE NO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT ME. MY ACFT HAS A MOVING MAP WHICH CLRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICTS MY POS AND ATL TCA. I KNEW I WAS IN THE TCA AND WOULD HAVE NEVER ENTERED THE TCA IF I THOUGHT I WAS NOT CLRED TO DO SO. WITH 10 YRS ATC EXPERIENCE AND 6000 PLUS OF PLT TIME IN FAR 91; 135; 121; I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY VIOLATIONS OF ANY KIND. I RECOMMEND THAT CTLR ENSURE RESPONSE AND WHEN TWR CTLR SAYS OR ENSURES THAT 'TURN L CLB ON COURSE AND THAT HE COORDINATED WITH APCH' DOES NOT MEAN; 'CLRED INTO TCA.' I; IN TURN; WILL ENSURE THAT I HAVE ANSWERED CTLR AND THAT HE OR SHE ACKNOWLEDGES.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.