STUDENT PLT OF A C150 INADVERTENTLY ENTERED A CLASS B AIRSPACE WHILE ENRTE TO A LCL ARPT FOR PVT PLT CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION. THE DESIGNATED EXAMINER FOUND THAT THE STUDENT DID NOT HAVE A VALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR SOLO SINCE HER FOREIGN MEDICAL WAS NOT VALID WITH A UNITED STATES STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE.
Synopsis
STUDENT PLT OF A C150 INADVERTENTLY ENTERED A CLASS B AIRSPACE WHILE ENRTE TO A LCL ARPT FOR PVT PLT CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION. THE DESIGNATED EXAMINER FOUND THAT THE STUDENT DID NOT HAVE A VALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR SOLO SINCE HER FOREIGN MEDICAL WAS NOT VALID WITH A UNITED STATES STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE.
Narrative
PLT 'X' WAS ENDORSED FOR HER PVT PLT SEL CHK RIDE DESPITE HAVING AN INVALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. IT WAS ASSUMED HER FOREIGN MEDICAL (ICAO) WOULD APPLY. ADDITIONALLY ENRTE TO THE ARPT (DVT) FOR HER CHK RIDE SHE ERRED IN HER LANDMARKS AND INADVERTENTLY ENTERED CLASS B AIRSPACE. HER INVALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE APPARENTLY INVALIDATES HER SOLO TIME; THUS SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR GRADUATION FROM THE PLT SCHOOL. SHE WAS IMPROPERLY GIVEN A FINAL PROGRESS CHK; IMPROPERLY ENDORSED FOR HER CHK RIDE AND IMPROPERLY BRIEFED FOR HER FLT TO DVT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE IS THE CHIEF PLT FOR THE PLT SCHOOL IN WHICH THE STUDENT TOOK TRAINING FOR THE PVT PLT CERTIFICATE QUALIFICATIONS AND LEARNED OF THIS SIT 2ND AND 3RD HAND! HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE STUDENT PLT WAS FLYING SOLO A C150 TO ANOTHER LCL ARPT WHEN SHE INADVERTENTLY PENETRATED CLASS B AIRSPACE. UPON ARR AT THE OTHER ARPT SHE LEARNED THAT SHE HAD BEEN OBSERVED BY ATC INSIDE THE CLASS B WITHOUT CLRNC OR CONTACT OF ANY KIND. IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING REVIEW OF THE STUDENT'S CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATIONS THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT AND APPROPRIATE AIRMAN'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. SHE HAD ONLY A USA STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE AND A FOREIGN MEDICAL NOT VALID FOR THE USA CERTIFICATE. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE STUDENT HAD SINCE GONE BACK TO HER FOREIGN COUNTRY AND WAS PVT PLT CERTIFICATED AND RETURNED TO USA AND OBTAINED A USA PVT CERTIFICATE BASED ON THE FOREIGN CERTIFICATE. HER FOREIGN MEDICAL IS NOW VALID FOR THE USA CERTIFICATE BASED ON THE FOREIGN CERTIFICATE. SHE IS PRESENTLY ENROLLED IN AN INST PLT TRAINING COURSE!
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.