ALLEGED PENETRATION OF THE BOS TCA.

Date: 1988-05 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear

Anomalies: other-no-specific-anomaly-occurred

Synopsis

ALLEGED PENETRATION OF THE BOS TCA.

Narrative

I TOOK OFF FROM HANSCOM RWY 11 AND WAS CLRD FOR A R DOWNWIND DEP BEHIND A SLOWER MOVING ACFT. I ASKED THE TWR THE DIRECTION OF FLT OF THE ACFT AHEAD AND WAS TOLD THAT THE NORMAL DEP WAS L. THE ACFT AHEAD TURNED R ON A HEADING OF APPROX 200 DEG - 240 DEG AND I TURNED R TO APPROX 290 DEG TO AVOID THE TFC. AFTER CLRING THE ARPT CTL ZONE I CALLED BOSTON CENTER TWICE TO GET RADAR ADVISORIES AND WAS TOLD THAT I WAS UNREADABLE. I CLBED TO 3000 FT AND PROCEEDED TOWARDS PUTNAM ON A DIRECT LORAN TRACK TO FARMINGDALE. AFTER CLRING THE TCA AS INDICATED BY LORAN AND A POSITION FIX NEAR BOSOX I CLBED AND CALLED BOSTON CENTER AND ASKED FOR RADAR ADVISORIES TO FARMINGDALE. THE CTLR NOW GAVE ME A SQUAWK CODE AND ASKED ME MY ALT. I TOLD HIM I WAS AT 6000 FT AND INDICATED AFTER HIS REPLY THAT I WOULD CLB TO 6500 FT. THE CTLR CAME BACK AND TOLD ME I HAD VIOLATED HIS (TCA) AIRSPACE. I INDICATED THAT I WAS WELL OUT OF THE TCA BEFORE I STARTED MY CLB. WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE BOSTON AIRSPACE AND APCHING BRADLEY I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD CALL BOSTON AFTER ARRIVAL AT FARMINGDALE. WHEN I DID SO I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE ISSUED A WARNING FOR CLBING THROUGH THE TCA. IN MY OPINION I WAS NOT IN THE TCA DN THE CTLR WAS POSSIBLY TRACKING THE PREVIOUSLY DEPARTING TFC FROM HANSCOM B.

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