AN AA5-B ENTERED LAX CLASS B WHILE MANEUVERING TO AVOID TFC AND OBTAIN TRACON FLT FOLLOWING.
Synopsis
AN AA5-B ENTERED LAX CLASS B WHILE MANEUVERING TO AVOID TFC AND OBTAIN TRACON FLT FOLLOWING.
Narrative
I WAS LEAVING THE LA SPECIAL FLT RULES AREA NBOUND CLBING OUT OF THE PUBLISHED 4500 FT ALT WHILE CONTACTING ATC FOR FLT FOLLOWING AND CLRNC INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE. MY TIS SYSTEM WAS SHOWING SBOUND TFC AT MY ALT AND I WAS NOT SURE IF TARGET WAS DSNDING TO THE FLT RULES 3500 FT SBOUND PUBLISHED ELEVATION OR IF IT WAS REMAINING AT MY ALT. I WAS HOPING TO RECEIVE CLRNC WHILE CLBING. I AM AWARE OF THE CLASS B SHELF AT 5000 FT. I HAVE FLOWN THIS RTE 6 OR 7 TIMES AND AM ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT ACFT THAT ARE EITHER CLBING OR DSNDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS IN THIS AREA ON THE SAME SMO RADIAL (128 DEGS OR 308 DEGS) TRYING TO REACH THE APPROPRIATE ELEVATION. I OBVIOUSLY CLBED INTO THE CLASS B AIRSPACE WHILE LOOKING FOR MY APCHING TFC. HAD I CLBED TO JUST UNDER 5000 FT; I WOULD BE FLYING AT AN INAPPROPRIATE ALT FOR MY DIRECTION OF FLT. I WAS UNABLE TO RAISE SCT APCH INITIALLY FOR CLRNC AND FLT FOLLOWING WHILE STILL UNDER THE 5000 FT SHELF. DURING PRIOR FLTS IN THIS SITUATION; I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REMAIN BELOW THE 'B' AIRSPACE UNTIL CLRNC IS GIVEN. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ATC TO DEVISE A DIFFERENT TRACK FOR ACFT FLYING VFR IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS SO THEY ARE NOT CLBING OR DSNDING ON THE SAME SMO RADIAL? DIFFERENT VORS PERHAPS?
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.