RPTR GOES THROUGH ACTIVE WARNING AREA.

Date: 1995-01 · Aircraft: Skynight 320

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-airspace-violation-entry-or-exit

Synopsis

RPTR GOES THROUGH ACTIVE WARNING AREA.

Narrative

ON THU; JAN/XX/95 I WAS FLYING A C-320 FROM MOROCAILEO; VENEZUELA TO ISLA GRANDE; PUERTO RICO. JUST BEFORE BIXER INTXN AT 9000 FT; CURACAO CTL GAVE ME A NEW CLRNC OF: DIRECT SCOPA INTXN THEN DIRECT TO MY DEST; ISLA GRANDE. UPON REACHING SCOPA INTXN; A POS RPT WAS ATTEMPTED WITH NO SUCCESS. I TRIED A RELAY THROUGH AN AIRLINES ACFT BUT AGAIN WITH NO SUCCESS. I WAS TOO LOW AND PROBABLY GETTING OVERRUN BY THE HVY RADIO TFC. SINCE I WAS CLOSE TO THE CURACAO -- SAN JUAN BORDER; I TRIED SAN JUAN ON THE PUBLISHED FREQ OF 135.7. STILL NO JOY. FINALLY ABEAM THE DRAKES INTXN. I WAS ABLE TO RAISE SAN JUAN. I WAS GIVEN A CODE TO SQUAWK AND THEN HANDED OFF TO SAN JUAN APCH. I WAS ADVISED I WAS IN THE SAN JUAN MIL WARNING AREA AND THAT THERE WERE F-16'S ABOUT. MOMENTS LATER I WAS ADVISED OF ONCOMING F-16'S AND GIVEN AN IMMEDIATE 15 DEG TFC AVOIDANCE L TURN. THEY WENT PAST ABOUT 1 MI AWAY. ONCE I LANDED; I WAS ASKED TO CALL THE AREA SUPVR. HE SAID CURACAO DENIED GIVING ME THE CLRNC THAT I HAD READ BACK. THEY SAID THEY GAVE ME SCOPA INTL TO CRYSTAL INTL THEN DIRECT ISLA GRANDE. I KNOW I DID NOT READ THIS CLRNC BACK TO THEM AND BESIDES THIS CLRNC STILL WOULD PUT ME INTO THE MIL WARNING AREAS. I HAD JUST SPENT A MONTH FLYING IN VENEZUELA. THOUGH ENGLISH WAS SPOKEN BY ATC; I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE ACCENT AND THE SPD AT WHICH THEY SPOKE. THEY SEEMED TO HAVE THE SAME TROUBLE WITH ME AS 'REPEAT' WAS A COMMON REQUEST BY BOTH SIDES. I FEEL CURACAO CTL SHOULD NOT HAVE MESSED WITH MY FLT PLANNED RTE. I FEEL I SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED ANY CHANGES TO THAT RTE IN HINDSIGHT. BUT THIS WAS MY FIRST TRIP OUTSIDE OF N AMERICA AND I WAS GOING WITH THE FLOW; TRUSTY ATC TO GUIDE ME. RADIO WORK WAS TO BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM DUE TO THE LANGUAGE PROBS. NEXT TIME I WON'T BE SO TRUSTING.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.