PLT FLEW OVER TEMPORARY RESTR AREA.

1995-10 · NASA ASRS report 318922

Date: 1995-10 · Aircraft: Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 · Phase: cruise

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

Synopsis

PLT FLEW OVER TEMPORARY RESTR AREA.

Narrative

5 WKS NOW I HAVE BEEN FLYING A C172 TFC WATCH. FOR PLUS OR MINUS 2.5 HRS IN THE MORNING AND PLUS OR MINUS 2.5 HRS IN THE AFTERNOON I CIRCLE MEMPHIS; TN; PLUS OR MINUS 70 PERCENT OF THE TIME WITHIN CLASS B AIRSPACE. THIS AFTERNOON OF THE QUESTIONABLE INCIDENT I LAUNCHED OUT OF OLV; AS USUAL CHKED IN WITH MEMPHIS APCH CTL; THEY REPLIED; 'RADAR CONTACT CLRED INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE; WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO.' I REPLIED; 'I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE NBOUND.' THEY SAID 'ROGER CLRED AS REQUESTED.' I PROCEEDED TO THE AIRSPACE DIRECTLY OVER THE FEDERAL PRISON BECAUSE OF A RIOT THAT HAD OCCURRED THERE TO ADVISE MOTORISTS FOR RUSH HR HOW TO AVOID THIS AREA AND SO THE DISC JOCKEY RIDING WITH ME COULD GET SOME PICTURES AND GIVE A LIVE RADIO BROADCAST. A CIVILIAN HELI WAS FLYING TREE TOP LEVEL BELOW ME. I CIRCLED THE PRISON APPROX 6 OR 7 TIMES WHEN APCH CALLED ME AND ADVISED ME THAT MEMPHIS POLICE DEPT REQUESTED I LEAVE THE AIRSPACE; WHICH I DID IMMEDIATELY! THE REASON WHY I WENT THERE AND FELT NO RESERVATIONS AT ALL IS BECAUSE I CONTINUALLY FLY OVER THE PRISON APPROX 8-10 TIMES IN THE MORNING AND 8-10 TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON; FOR A TOTAL OF 16-20 TIMES A DAY AND SO DOES MY COMPETITION. MEMPHIS APCH CTL AS WELL AS MEMPHIS TWR HAVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT MY POS WITHIN THAT AIRSPACE. THIS PROB WAS CAUSED BY THE FAA NOT STATING IN MY SPECIAL OPS SPECS TO AVOID THAT AIRSPACE DURING MY TFC WATCH. CORRECTIVE ACTION: THE FAA SHOULD AMEND MY OPS SPECS TO CLRLY STATE A DEFINED PARAMETER TO STAY CLR OF THE FEDERAL PRISON. NOTE: THE FEDERAL PRISON IS ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE 40 WHICH IS A MAJOR CLOGGED CAR TFC ARTERY WHERE MANY SMALL AND SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCUR. MY JOB IS TO PATROL THIS INTERSTATE AND MANY OTHERS IN MEMPHIS AND ADVISE MOTORISTS OF BACK UPS; WRECKS; AND ALTERNATE RTES HOME AND TO WORK.

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

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