PVT PLT ERRONEOUSLY ENTERS CLASS B AIRSPACE WITHOUT CLRNC.

1995-04 · NASA ASRS report 302180

Date: 1995-04 · Aircraft: PA-28R Cherokee Arrow All Series

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

Synopsis

PVT PLT ERRONEOUSLY ENTERS CLASS B AIRSPACE WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative

ON APR/SAT/95 AT APPROX XA20 HRS; I WAS CLRED FOR TKOF IN ARROW; THEN R TURN ON COURSE TO I15 BY THE TWR CTLR AT PTK. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING PTK ON RWY 9R; I WAS ADVISED BY PTK TWR OF TFC IN MY AREA. I EXPECTED; BUT NEVER RECEIVED; A HDOF FROM PTK TWR TO DTW APCH CTL. AFTER HAVING WAITED FOR WHAT I FELT WAS TOO LONG FOR A FREQ CHANGE; I CONTACTED PTK TWR AND ASKED IF I WAS CLRED TO CHANGE FREQ. I WAS ADVISED THAT I WAS WELL OUT OF THEIR CLASS D AIRSPACE AND SHOULD CONTACT DTW APCH; WHICH I IMMEDIATELY DID. AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH DTW APCH; I WAS ADVISED THAT I WAS WELL INTO THEIR CLASS B AIRSPACE; WHICH I KNEW; AND WAS GIVEN THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND WAS ASKED TO CONTACT THEM WHEN I LANDED AT MY DEST I15; IN LANCASTER; OH. WHEN I CALLED; I WAS ADVISED THAT I HAD ILLEGALLY ENTERED CLASS B AIRSPACE AND THAT; ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO KNOWN NEAR MISS SITS; THEY HAD BEEN AIMING TFC RIGHT AT ME AS I PASSED THROUGH THEIR AIRSPACE. I WAS ASKED IF I EVER FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE PROX OF ANY OTHER AIR TFC; TO WHICH I GAVE A NEGATIVE RESPONSE. I REALIZE THAT I SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED THE PTK TWR CTLR MUCH SOONER THAN I DID WHEN I DID NOT RECEIVE A FREQ CHANGE. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WHEN DEPARTING A TWR CTLED ARPT IN VFR FLT; THAT THE TWR CTLR SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO GIVE YOU A HDOF FREQ CHANGE TO THE NEXT CTLR WHEN YOU WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ENTERING CTLED AIRSPACE.

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

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