FLC OF CARGO DC3 CLBED BACK INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE FROM WHICH THEY HAD JUST DEPARTED.
Synopsis
FLC OF CARGO DC3 CLBED BACK INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE FROM WHICH THEY HAD JUST DEPARTED.
Narrative
IFR FLT PLAN WAS FILED. WHEN WE CONTACTED DTW CLRNC; THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING ON FILE FOR US. WE WERE LOCATED AT THE CUSTOMS CIRCLE AT DTW; WE HAD NO WAY TO FILE A NEW FLT PLAN UNLESS WE TAXIED BACK TO AN FBO AND SHUT DOWN. THE WX WAS VFR; WE REQUESTED A VFR DEP AND WAS TOLD WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT. AFTER APPROX 10 MINS WE WERE GIVEN A VFR DEP CLRNC OUT OF CLASS B; UP TO 2500 FT. WE TOOK OFF; TWR HAD US TURN TO 360 DEGS. AFTER WE WERE 5-10 MI FROM DTW; OUR RADAR SVC WAS TERMINATED BY DTW TWR. WE VERIFIED THIS AND THEY SAID AFFIRMATIVE; RADAR SVC TERMINATED; PROCEED ON COURSE. I DECIDED TO CLB TO 5500 FT TO AVOID ANY ARPTS AND THEIR AIRSPACE. WE FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN WITH LANSING RADIO; THEN CALLED DTW APCH TO PICK UP OUR CLRNC. DTW THEN INFORMED US THAT WE HAD CLBED THROUGH THEIR ARR CORRIDOR; AND CAUSED AN APCHING ACFT TO TURN TO MISS US. THE CTLR SAID THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDED OFF TO DTW DEP AND TOLD US TO CALL THE DTW SUPVR WHEN WE LANDED. I CALLED; THE SUPVR TOLD ME THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO PURSUE THIS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT IT WAS SO AWKWARD AND INCONVENIENT TO ATTEMPT TO REFILE THE IFR FLT PLAN AT THE ARPT CUSTOMS LOCATION THAT IT PROMPTED HIS DEPARTING VFR. HOWEVER; SINCE HE HAD NOT PREFLTED FOR THE 'VFR SLAM-DUMP' DEP; AND WAS TOTALLY NOT EXPECTING THE TWR TO TERMINATE THE RADAR SVC WITHOUT TRANSFERRING HIM TO AN APCH CTLR; HE CLBED TO GET BETTER COMS WITH THE FSS FACILITY TO REFILE. HE HAD THEN NOT NOTED HIS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND CLBED INTO THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. HE IS TAKING STEPS TO NEVER DO THIS AGAIN. THERE HAS BEEN NO CONTACT FROM FAA REGARDING THIS MATTER. THIS OP WAS WITH A DC3 TYPE ACFT OPERATING UNDER PART 135 AIR CARGO. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE FO INJURED HIS HEAD DURING THE INBOUND FLT DUE TO WX TURB AND THAT THEY HAD DIVERTED TO THIS ARPT DUE TO WX.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.