The pilot of a rental da-40; unfamiliar with the 'glass cockpit' garmin avionics suite failed to not...

Narrative:

Approximately 30 NM northwest of mco; I was climbing to avoid turbulence. I am proficient in the use of older; steam gauge; aircraft instrumentation; but brand new to the 'glass cockpit' such as the garmin 1000 installed in this rental aircraft. I had taken some ground instruction in the use of the system before my checkout in the aircraft and had flown it during the checkout. However; I had cancelled a flight the previous day due to marginal VFR weather; as I was not completely sure of my familiarity with the new system. But when I was flying today; in complete VFR; the flight instruments such as altitude were not in their familiar places and; although I thought I had leveled off; I was still climbing and may have penetrated the floor of the orlando class B airspace while I was checking my position relative to that airspace. When I noticed the problem; I descended and moved on a course away from the class B airspace. I think it is important that pilots new to glass cockpits become aware that the transition to the new instrumentation is confusing at first; and far from the 'almost insignificant' change many pilots think it is. I am now reviewing both the operational manual for the G1000 as well as reviewing the video tutoring lessons available online. In addition I am forcing myself to use the older gauges as confirmation and backup when using the newer instrumentation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a rental DA-40; unfamiliar with the 'glass cockpit' Garmin Avionics Suite failed to note his continued climb beneath the MCO Class B and may have inadvertently entered it.

Narrative: Approximately 30 NM northwest of MCO; I was climbing to avoid turbulence. I am proficient in the use of older; steam gauge; aircraft instrumentation; but brand new to the 'glass cockpit' such as the Garmin 1000 installed in this rental aircraft. I had taken some ground instruction in the use of the system before my checkout in the aircraft and had flown it during the checkout. However; I had cancelled a flight the previous day due to marginal VFR weather; as I was not completely sure of my familiarity with the new system. But when I was flying today; in complete VFR; the flight instruments such as altitude were not in their familiar places and; although I thought I had leveled off; I was still climbing and may have penetrated the floor of the Orlando Class B airspace while I was checking my position relative to that airspace. When I noticed the problem; I descended and moved on a course away from the Class B airspace. I think it is important that pilots new to glass cockpits become aware that the transition to the new instrumentation is confusing at first; and far from the 'almost insignificant' change many pilots think it is. I am now reviewing both the operational manual for the G1000 as well as reviewing the video tutoring lessons available online. In addition I am forcing myself to use the older gauges as confirmation and backup when using the newer instrumentation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1001451
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MCO.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DA40 Diamond Star
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	GPS & Other Satellite Navigation
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 6 Flight Crew Total 2000 Flight Crew Type 2
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Altitude Overshoot

The pilot of a rental da-40; unfamiliar with the 'glass cockpit' garmin avionics suite failed to note his continued climb beneath the mco class B and may have inadvertently entered it.