FLC ON TRAINING FLT MANEUVERED ACFT INTO ANOTHER SECTOR'S AIRSPACE.

2002-04 · NASA ASRS report 545488

Date: 2002-04 · Aircraft: Citation V/Ultra/Encore (C560) · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

FLC ON TRAINING FLT MANEUVERED ACFT INTO ANOTHER SECTOR'S AIRSPACE.

Narrative

DURING A SIC FAR 135.293 FLT CHK AND CHK AIRMAN INITIAL EVALUATION WITH AN FAA INSPECTOR ON BOARD; ACFT WAS GIVEN A BLOCK ALT OF 11000-12000 FT AND AN ASSIGNED HDG FOR SOME AIR WORK. STALLS WERE ACCOMPLISHED ON A CONSTANT HDG (AS ASSIGNED) THEN THE CHK AIRMAN CONDUCTED AN UNUSUAL ATTITUDE DEMONSTRATION. DURING THE ONSET OF THE UNUSUAL ATTITUDE THE CHK AIRMAN MANEUVERED THE ACFT TO A 90 DEG L HDG CHANGE. WHEN THE SIC (THE RPTR) INITIATED RECOVERY; THE RECOVERY MANEUVERED THE ACFT INTO ANOTHER ATC SECTOR'S AIRSPACE. THE CTR (ZID) CTLR CAUTIONED THE ACFT THAT IT HAD ENTERED ANOTHER SECTOR WITHOUT PERMISSION AND INSTRUCTED THE ACFT TO RETURN TO THE ASSIGNED AREA WITH A HDG CHANGE. THE CITATION 560 WAS EQUIPPED WITH TCASII AND WAS OPERATING IN THE RA/TA MODE. WE HAD A 30 MI RADIUS SELECTED ON THE FMD AND NO OTHER ACFT WERE VISIBLE WITHIN THE 30 MI RADIUS. THE CHK AIRMAN ASKED FOR A BLOCK ALT TO PERFORM 'AIR WORK' AND WAS ASSIGNED AN ALT BLOCK; BUT WITH A HDG INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL CLRNC OF A BLOCK OF AIRSPACE. CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO APPRISE THE CTLRS THAT HDG AS WELL AS ALT CHANGES ARE NECESSARY DURING THE CONDUCT OF AN FAA FLT CHK -- THIS SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHK AIRMAN. IN THIS CASE; THE CHK AIRMAN WAS UNDERGOING AN INITIAL EVALUATION FOR CHK AIRMAN AUTH AND I BELIEVE LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON. UNFORTUNATELY; THE APPLICANT (THE RPTR); BECAUSE OF THE CHK AIRMAN'S LAPSE; EARNED AN UNSATISFACTORY IN JUDGEMENT AND CRM.

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

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