Experimental aircraft pilot reports inadvertently entering atl class B airspace while attempting to ...

Attributes
ACN	1025615
Time
Date	201207
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 1570 Flight Crew Type 35
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

After briefing and NOTAM report; personal flight to gkt. En route; weather was clear until reaching east of atl; a line of convection moving east/northeast. Nexrad showed storm dissipating to the west. Made the decision to fly west under atl class B west outer shelf. Upon heading north east along edge of weather under atl class B; started encountering terrain (mountains). Turned north in order to maintain VMC and climbed to 4;500 ft. Storm clouds still to the east and clouds to north; opening to the northwest; so we turned left to go to the clearing and upon doing so we entered the 3;500 to 12;500 ft shelf by 00GA and yellow river without clearance. Aircraft radio reception marginal. New antenna going on this week; so communications will be greatly improved. Lessons learned: weather avoidance next to class B is a bad combination; especially with marginal communication. Land and wait it out.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Experimental aircraft pilot reports inadvertently entering ATL Class B airspace while attempting to avoid both the airspace; weather; and rising terrain on the east side.

Narrative: After briefing and NOTAM report; personal flight to GKT. En route; weather was clear until reaching east of ATL; a line of convection moving east/northeast. NEXRAD showed storm dissipating to the west. Made the decision to fly west under ATL Class B west outer shelf. Upon heading north east along edge of weather under ATL Class B; started encountering terrain (mountains). Turned north in order to maintain VMC and climbed to 4;500 FT. Storm clouds still to the east and clouds to north; opening to the northwest; so we turned left to go to the clearing and upon doing so we entered the 3;500 to 12;500 FT shelf by 00GA and Yellow River without clearance. Aircraft radio reception marginal. New antenna going on this week; so communications will be greatly improved. Lessons learned: weather avoidance next to Class B is a bad combination; especially with marginal communication. Land and wait it out.

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.

Experimental aircraft pilot reports inadvertently entering atl class B airspace while attempting to avoid both the airspace; weather; and rising terrain on the east side.