ACFT DEPARTING OAK CLIMBED INTO SFO TCA.

Date: 1988-06 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft · Phase: climb

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-unspecified|other-airspace-violation-entry-or-exit

Synopsis

ACFT DEPARTING OAK CLIMBED INTO SFO TCA.

Narrative

I CONTACTED OAK CLRNC DELIVERY FOR A VFR ARSA CLRNC SEBND TO VAN NUYS. THEY SAID 'YOU DO NOT NEED A CLRNC BUT WE WILL PASS IT ON TO THE TWR THAT YOU ARE VFR TO VAN NUYS'. I THEN ASKED WHAT I MIGHT EXPECT ON DEPARTURE (I.E.; LEFT DOWNWIND; RIGHT DOWNWIND OR WHATEVER) AND THEY SAID 'JUST CONTACT THE TWR AND THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO DO'. I STARTED THE ENGINE AND CALLED GND TO WHICH THEY SAID 'ROGER WE UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GOING TO VAN NUYS'. I ACKNOWLEDGED AND CONFIRMED VAN NUYS AS MY DEST AND WAS GIVEN A TAXI CLRNC TO 27R. AFTER MY PRE-TKOF CHECKLIST; I CALLED THE TWR AND WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO TKOF ON 27R. WHEN I ASKED THE TWR WHICH DIRECTION OF FLT THEY PREFERRED ME TO TAKE; THEIR INSTRUCTIONS WERE 'CONTINUE STRAIGHT OUT AND WE WILL ADVISE'. AFTER APPROX 1 MIN; THE TWR CALLED; ALMOST IN A SCREAM; SAYING 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?' I TOLD THEM I WAS DOING WHAT I WAS TOLD TO DO. THEY SAID 'THERE ARE NO STRAIGHT-OUTS ALLOWED FOR NOISE ABATEMENT; TURN RIGHT IMMEDIATELY TO 060 DEG.' I DID THIS IMMEDIATELY AND CONTINUED ON THE 060 DEG HDG FOR A SHORT TIME WHEN THE TWR CAME BACK AND SAID 'NOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING?' I TOLD THEM I WAS HDG 060 DEG AS I WAS TOLD TO DO. HE THEN ASKED MY ALT TO WHICH I REPLIED 3500'. HE SAID 'GREAT; YOU JUST CLIMBED 500' INTO THE SFO TCA; TURN RIGHT TO 120 DEG AND DESCEND TO AT LEAST 2500'; CONTACT BAY DEPARTURE 134.5'. I CONTACTED BAY AND THEY SAID 'BE ADVISED YOU ENTERED THE TCA WITHOUT A CLRNC TURN LEFT 050 DEG FOR TFC AND CLIMB UNRESTRICTED'. (A 70 DEG TURN FOR TFC; GIVE ME A BREAK!!!) I DID NOT ENTER THE TCA ON MY OWN. I WAS VECTORED INTO IT BY ATC CTLRS WHO KNEW MY INTENTIONS AND WHO WERE IN FULL 2-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH ME; AND HAD ME ON RADAR; WITH AN ASSIGNED SQUAWK; AND OPERATING MODE C CAPABILITIES. THE RADIO FREQ TFC WAS VERY LIGHT. I WILL NEVER; NEVER ARRIVE OR DEPART FROM A MAJOR ARPT VFR AGAIN. IT WILL BE IFR OR NOT AT ALL; NO MATTER HOW LONG THE DELAY MAY BE.

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