SMA PLT ENTERS RESTR AREA WITHOUT CONTACT.
Synopsis
SMA PLT ENTERS RESTR AREA WITHOUT CONTACT.
Narrative
IN SUM: FLYING FROM STEAD TO NORTH LAS VEGAS ARPT. DISCOVERED THAT SECTIONAL CHART HAD BEEN PACKED WITH CHARTS ALREADY COMPLETED AND RAN OFF OF SAN FRANCISCO CHART. HAD TERMINAL AERA CHART BUT DID NOT COVER AREA OF PRESENT POS. ENCOUNTERED DUST STORM AHEAD ON COURSE; REVERSED COURSE AND BECAME QUITE DISORIENTED. PENETRATED RESTR AREA AND WERE CONTACTED BY NELLIS APCH. VECTORED CLR OF AREA AND CONTINUED ON LOW ALT BECAUSE OF TURB. FINALLY ENTERED AREA OF TERMINAL CHART AND MADE CONTACT WITH LAS APCH. RPTR WAS GIVEN A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL ONCE ON THE GND. RPTR SPOKE WITH NELLIS CTLR; LAS VEGAS FSDO AND SEATTLE FSDO. HE WAS ACCUSED OF PENETRATING THE CLASS B AIRSPACE AT LAS BUT DENIES THIS AIRSPACE PENETRATION. FURTHER TALKS MADE ME REALIZE THAT I WAS IN ERROR OF NOT ONLY HAVING A CHART OF THE AREA IN HAND BUT THAT I HAD TALKED MYSELF INTO NOT USING 121.5 FOR HELP. I BELIEVED THAT NO EMER EXISTED BECAUSE OF: 1) NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE AIRPLANE. 2) HAD 4 HRS OF FUEL IN TANKS. 3) THE LORAN WAS WORKING GIVING OUT A HDG AND DISTANCE TO NORTH LAS VEGAS. 4) KNOWING THAT IF I STAYED ON THE W SIDE OF HWY 95 I WOULD BE CLR OF RESTR AIRSPACE. THE TROUBLE WAS KNOWING WHAT ROAD WAS HWY 95. 5) TO SOME EXTENT OF BEING ASHAMED TO ADMIT I WAS LOST IN THIS DEGREE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.