C182 PLT ENTERED PHX CLASS B.

Date: 2000-02 · Aircraft: Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

C182 PLT ENTERED PHX CLASS B.

Narrative

WHILE APCHING PHX CLASS B; I CALLED PHX APCH ON APPROPRIATE FREQ AND RPTED POS (9000 FT MSL AT 4 PEAKS) AND REQUEST (LNDG GLENDALE) CTLR TOLD ME TO CONTACT LUKE AFB APCH; WHICH I DID. THEY (LUKE) GAVE ME A SQUAWK CODE WHICH I SET. A FEW MINS LATER THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT RECEIVING MY XPONDER CODE; SO PER THEIR REQUEST; I RECYCLED IT AND IDENTED. I THEN ASKED TO BEGIN MY DSCNT INTO GLENDALE; AZ; WHICH THEY OKAYED. I ALSO; AT THE TIME HEARD THE CTLR WORKING WITH AN F16 WITH A HUNG BOMB; WHICH MAY HAVE OCCUPIED THEIR ATTN. I THEN RPTED GLENDALE IN SIGHT. THEY SAID TO CONTACT THE TWR; AND ALSO SAID THEY NEVER GOT MY XPONDER. (XPONDER WAS WORKING WITH ZAB.) WHEN I LANDED AT GLENDALE; I WAS TOLD TO CALL APCH (PHX) ON THE PHONE ABOUT A POSSIBLE AIRSPACE VIOLATION. 1) CAUSE: PHX CTLR TELLING ME TO CONTACT LUKE WHEN I WAS IN THEIR AIRSPACE. 2) CAUSE: MY FAILURE TO HEAR (AS BEST I REMEMBER) THAT I WAS CLRED INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE. 3) CAUSE: LUKE APCH NEVER REALLY KNEW WHERE I WAS AND NEVER TRIED TO FIND OUT.

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