UNAUTH PENETRATION OF TCA.
Synopsis
UNAUTH PENETRATION OF TCA.
Narrative
ON A VFR FLT FROM EWR TO BED AT 17500' MSL; RADAR SVCS WERE TERMINATED OVER WORCESTER; MA. STARTED VFR DSCNT; CONTACTED BOS APCH 124.40; 12 NM SW OF BED ARPT DSNDING THROUGH 6000' MSL; WAS RADAR IDENTED 10 NM SW OF BED ARPT. BOS APCH HANDED ME OFF TO BED TWR. BED TWR TOLD ME TO ENTER RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 29 AT OR ABOVE 1500' MSL. ALL DURING THIS TIME I WAS DSNDING AT A RATE OF 2000 FPM AND NAVIGATING IN THE DIRECTION OF BED'S LOM. UPON LNDG AT BED; I WAS NOTIFIED TO CONTACT BOS APCH BY TELEPHONE. WHEN I CONTACTED BOS APCH I WAS NOTIFIED THAT I HAD ENTERED THE TCA W/O A CLRNC. I WAS USING BED'S LOM AND BOS VOR (DME) TO STAY CLR OF THE TCA AT ALL TIMES DURING MY DSCNT TO BED. I FEEL THAT THIS SITUATION OCCURRED BECAUSE: RADAR SVCS SHOULD NOT BE TERMINATED BECAUSE A CTLR DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO HAND AN ACFT OVER TO ANOTHER CTLR. CTLRS TODAY ACT MORE LIKE TFC OFFICERS AND DON'T OFFER ASSISTANCE IN PREVENTING SITUATIONS LIKE THIS FROM OCCURRING. I FEEL IF BOS APCH FELT I WAS GOING TO ENTER THE TCA; THEY SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED ME OR GAVE ME A CLRNC INTO THE TCA.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.