GA PLT DEPS PVG ARPT IN VIOLATION TO NATIONAL NOTAM CONCERNING VFR FLT IN CTLED AIRSPACE.

Date: 2001-09 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-national-notam-compliance

Synopsis

GA PLT DEPS PVG ARPT IN VIOLATION TO NATIONAL NOTAM CONCERNING VFR FLT IN CTLED AIRSPACE.

Narrative

ONE WEEK AFTER THE 9/TUE/01; TERRORIST ATTACKS FOLLOWING WHICH GA WAS GRADUALLY ALLOWED TO RESUME FLYING; NUMEROUS NOTAMS WERE ISSUED AS TO HOW TO CONDUCT IFR FLTS. ON HE MORNING OF DEP; I READ THE APPROPRIATE NOTAM; HOWEVER; DID NOT READ DOWN TO THE BOTTOM (PARA 8) REGARDING NEEDING CLRNC ON THE GND. PARA 3 STATED; MUST HAVE CLRNC PRIOR TO ENTERING CONTROLLED AIRSPACE; WHICH CAN EASILY BE DONE WITH NORFOLK APCH CTL ON TKOF FROM PVG ONCE AIRBORNE IN UNCONTROLLED AIRSPACE AT PVG. WHEN I CONTACTED APCH; I WAS INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT; WHICH I DID IMMEDIATELY SINCE I WAS IN THE PVG ATA. I THEN CONTACTED ORF TWR BY LAND LINE AND WAS INFORMED OF MY ERROR. I RECEIVED MY CLRNC AND AGAIN DEPARTED PVG. I FEEL A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THAT PART 91; IFR DEP; WERE COMBINED WITH OTHER PART 121;137 ETC DEPS; PARA 4;5; AND 6 AND THEN IN PARA 7 AND 8. ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS WERE ADDED FOR PART 91. I FEEL THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THIS ERROR IF THE NOTAM FOR PART 91; IFR SPECIAL PROCS; WERE PUBLISHED IN A COMPLETE PARAGRAPH AND DID NOT CONTAIN CONFLICTING WORDING IE 'MUST OBTAIN IFR CLRNC PRIOR TO ENTERING CTLED AIRSPACE.' IN THE FUTURE; I WILL CERTAINLY READ ALL FDC NOTAMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY WEATHER THEY PERTAIN TO MY TYPE OF OP OR NOT.

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