C172 OFF FUL TO LGB WAS VECTORED THROUGH A RESTR AREA BY AN SCT CTLR.

2003-03 · NASA ASRS report 576993

Date: 2003-03 · Aircraft: Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172

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

Synopsis

C172 OFF FUL TO LGB WAS VECTORED THROUGH A RESTR AREA BY AN SCT CTLR.

Narrative

DEPARTING IFR FROM FUL; WHICH IS 'L TO HDG OF 120 DEGS MAINTAIN 2000 FT' (DEST WAS LGB); RPTED SOCAL FREQ 124.65 ON HDG OF 120 DEGS 1000 FT MSL. TOLD TO MAINTAIN 1600 FT PRESENT HDG AND RPT BACK AFTER OBTAINING LGB ATIS. I WAS UNDER A VIEW LIMITING DEVICE (SIMULATED IMC) WITH A FULLY QUALIFIED AND CURRENT SAFETY PLT. THE LGB ATIS IS THE LONGEST IN THE COUNTRY. I RPTED TO SOCAL 'HAVE THE LONG BEACH ENCYCLOPEDIA.' HE HOLLERED AT US 'YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO OFF FREQ;' AND GAVE US AN IMMEDIATE R TURN TO... AT THAT TIME; I PEEKED OUT AND SAW THE DISNEYLAND PARKING LOT DIRECTLY BELOW US. VERY SOON; ANOTHER VOICE CAME ON FREQ AND WE THEN HAD A NORMAL NDB APCH TO LGB. 1) DISNEYLAND IS NOW A TEMPORARILY PROHIBITED AREA TO 3000 FT. 2) WHY NOT KNOTS BERRY FARM -- 7 MI AWAY? 3) I NEVER LEFT FREQ; BUT DIVIDED MY BRAIN BTWN 2 FREQS GOING TO ONE HEADSET. 4) DIRECTING ME DIRECTLY OVER DISNEYLAND AT 1600 FT LESS THAN 2 MINS AWAY DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT -- PROHIBITED OR NOT. 5) THE ATIS AT LONG BEACH CONTAINS A LOT OF COVER YOUR ANKLE MATERIAL; WHICH I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT FOR YRS. 6) I LISTEN CAREFULLY TO ALL OF IT (COVER YOUR ANKLE). MANY SOCAL CTLRS SEEM TO KNOW THIS AND GIVE YOU THE 'NUMBERS' INSTEAD OF ASKING ME TO GET IT -- ON SUCH A QUICK DEP/APCH TIME FRAME BTWN MANY ARPTS IN SOCAL. SINGLE ENG; SINGLE PLT IFR BTWN 2 CLOSELY SPACED ARPTS IS NOT BORING WAITING FOR THE NEXT THING TO HAPPEN; BUT CAN BE DONE SAFELY IF COORDINATED.

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

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