NOISE ABATEMENT ON SUNDAY AT TOA PROHIBITS TOUCH-AND-GOES. A C172 PLT REQUESTED A SHORT 15 MI FLT WAS ADVISED HE COULD DEPART THE TFC PATTERN; THEN IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO LAND.
Synopsis
NOISE ABATEMENT ON SUNDAY AT TOA PROHIBITS TOUCH-AND-GOES. A C172 PLT REQUESTED A SHORT 15 MI FLT WAS ADVISED HE COULD DEPART THE TFC PATTERN; THEN IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO LAND.
Narrative
AT TOA ON SUNDAY; TOUCH-AND-GOES AND FULL STOP TAXI BACKS ARE NOT PERMITTED DUE TO NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS. I WAS WANTING TO DO A LCL FLT WITH A NEW PAX THAT WOULD CONSIST OF ABOUT 15 MINS OF FLT TIME. I WAS INFORMED BY THE GND CTLR THAT ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DEPART THE PATTERN; AND THAT WOULD FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF NOT PERFORMING PATTERN WORK. ON THAT; I DECIDED TO DEPART THE PATTERN WHILE STAYING WITHIN THE CLASS D AIRSPACE. I DECIDED TO HEED TO THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE AIRSPACE; BECAUSE IT WAS OVER WATER AND VERY NEAR THE CLASS B THAT EXTENDS TO THE SURFACE; SO THERE WOULD BE MINIMAL TFC ENTERING FROM THAT END. THE TWR; UPON CLRING ME FOR TKOF; MADE NO MENTION OF WHICH DIRECTION THEY EXPECTED ME TO DEPART. I FLEW STRAIGHT OUT FROM RWY 29. ONCE ARRIVING OVER THE WATER; I CLBED TO 1500 FT AND PROCEEDED TO THE VFR RPTING POINT; KING HARBOR; WHILE LISTENING TO TOA TWR. ONCE AT ICING HARBOR; I RPTED WHERE I WAS AND THAT I WAS INBOUND FOR LNDG. I THEN HEARD A DIFFERENT VOICE ON THE TWR INSTRUCTING ME TO MAKE A STRAIGHT-IN FOR RWY 29R AND RPT VINCENT THOMAS BRIDGE. I LOOKED AT MY COMPASS AND REALIZED THAT THE CTLR THOUGHT I WAS TO THE S; WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY TO THE N. I REPEATED THAT I WAS ICING HARBOR INBOUND AND TO THE N. THE TWR HAD ME IDENT. THE TWR THEN COMMUNICATED THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE ENTERED THE AIRSPACE WITHOUT ESTABLISHING 2-WAY COM. I KNEW THAT I HAD NEVER LEFT THE AIRSPACE AND THAT THE TWR HAD LOST ME. BECAUSE THE TWR THOUGHT THAT I HAD VIOLATED THEIR AIRSPACE; I AM WRITING THIS RPT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.