UNAUTH PENETRATION OF TCA IN FOREIGN AIRSPACE.

Date: 1995-04 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-airspace-violation-entry-or-exit|other-unspecified

Synopsis

UNAUTH PENETRATION OF TCA IN FOREIGN AIRSPACE.

Narrative

I WAS TOLD; AFTER CONTACTING TIJUANA APCH CTL; THAT I HAD ENTERED A TCA WITHOUT CLRNC. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE OR NOT. I HAD 2 SUPPOSEDLY CURRENT CHARTS ON BOARD -- NEITHER SHOWED A TCA. I HAD OBTAINED THE SAN DIEGO FSS BORDER INFO AND NO MENTION WAS MADE OF A TCA IN TIJUANA. I HAD ALSO SPOKEN AT LENGTH WITH PLT GROUP FLT OPS ABOUT THE BORDER XING PROC AND NO MENTION WAS MADE OF A TCA. I HAD TRANSITED THE AREA FROM N TO S ACROSS THE BORDER ON APR/XX/95; WITH ALL APPROPRIATE FLT PLANS AND NO MENTION OF A TCA. I WAS RETURNING; ALSO ON A FLT PLAN. WHEN I HAD DEPARTED ENSENADA AND CONTACTED SAN FSS WITH A BORDER- XING FLT PLAN; I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT TIJ AT LEAST 5 MI S OF TIJUANA ARPT -- AGAIN NO MENTION OF A TCA. THERE WAS ONLY 1 OTHER ACFT TALKING TO APCH AT THE TIME. FROM MY FIRST CONTACT 15 MI S UNTIL I CHANGED FREQ AFTER XING TIJUANA ARPT; I ONLY HEARD 3 ACFT TALK TO APCH BESIDE MYSELF. THERE WAS NEVER ANY REF TO 'CLRED INTO THE TCA' OR 'CLRED INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE' OR 'CLRED INTO' ANYTHING -- EITHER TO ME OR ANY OTHER ACFT ON THE AIR. SINCE THE UNITED STATES HAS CHANGED ITS AIRSPACE DESIGNATIONS TO SUPPOSEDLY CONFORM WITH INTL AIRSPACE DESIGNATIONS; I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THE ALLEGED 'TCA' AT TIJUANA WAS WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS CLASS B AIRSPACE. IF IN FACT THE AIRSPACE EXISTS; THEN THAT FACT SHOULD BE MENTIONED ON ALL FSS INFO THAT PROVIDES BORDER-XING INFO; AND PLT GROUP SHOULD BE MADE AWARE THAT THE AIRSPACE RESTRS ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE; SINCE THE CHARTS DID NOT SHOW IT. AT NO TIME WAS THERE ANY DANGER TO PERSONS OR ACFT; IN THE AIR OR ON THE GND. THERE WAS; IN FACT; HARDLY ANYONE IN THE AIR IN THAT VICINITY S OF THE BORDER. I MIGHT NOTE THAT; ALTHOUGH I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THE CTLR THAT I HAD NO INFO ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN ARPT TFC AREA AND CTL ZONE AROUND THE ARPT; AND THOUGH I HAD COMPLIED WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS; HE WAS RUDE; DISCOURTEOUS; AND THREATENING -- SOMETHING OTHER PLTS MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW.

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