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Student pilot on first solo flight inadvertently entered phx class B without a clearance and iwa class D without establishing communication.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1202922 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PHX.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 24 Flight Crew Total 651 Flight Crew Type 32 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
On my first solo out of the area in some rough air my glasses got knocked off and got lost on the plane floor as I was flying alone I elected to fly the plane. I was squinting hard to see the garmin 430 I was using for navigation and I must have just not seen well enough...as I busted the 2770 ft area of the eastern edge of phoenix class b...if that wasn't enough as I was circling around to return to sdl I busted gateways class D...rough day...lesson...carry spare set of glasses.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Student pilot on first solo flight inadvertently entered PHX Class B without a clearance and IWA Class D without establishing communication.
Narrative: On my first solo out of the area in some rough air my glasses got knocked off and got lost on the plane floor as I was flying alone I elected to fly the plane. I was squinting hard to see the Garmin 430 I was using for navigation and I must have just not seen well enough...as I busted the 2770 ft area of the eastern edge of Phoenix Class b...if that wasn't enough as I was circling around to return to SDL I busted Gateways Class D...rough day...lesson...carry spare set of glasses.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.