Pilot called tower to transition their airspace enroute to destination airport. Pilot turned ese and...

Attributes
ACN	1274181
Time
Date	201506
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	CNO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 1860 Flight Crew Type 1735
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

I took off from brackett. Approaching chino I called the tower requesting transition [through their airspace]. I was told stay at 2;000 feet north of the airport; transition approved. This I did; paralleling the chino east west runway in use; until I was past the airport about a mile; when I turned ese. Immediately; tower told me I was crossing the inbound final approach course; 'make immediate turn north.' I complied and in a minute told tower; 'if I continue I will be in ontario class C airspace.' chino is in a cutout on the edge of ontario class C airspace. Tower told me he would tell me when to turn; which he soon did.had I not turned ese when I did; I would have been in ontario's airspace. Tower should have told me 'stay north until I tell you to turn. Ignore the class C airspace.'in a phone call to tower; I was told ontario is under chino control; so should have ignored the ontario airspace since I was talking to chino. Tower told me my situation was common.personally; I will avoid the whole situation by requesting transition south. I told this to chino and they said fine and would see about some changes to north transitions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot called tower to transition their airspace enroute to destination airport. Pilot turned ESE and was told by the controller to turn north. Pilot complied and then stated he was about to go into another airspace if he continued on the assigned heading. Tower told pilot they would call the turn and to ignore the Class C airspace he was about to enter.

Narrative: I took off from Brackett. Approaching Chino I called the tower requesting transition [through their airspace]. I was told stay at 2;000 feet north of the airport; transition approved. This I did; paralleling the Chino east west runway in use; until I was past the airport about a mile; when I turned ESE. Immediately; tower told me I was crossing the inbound final approach course; 'Make immediate turn north.' I complied and in a minute told Tower; 'If I continue I will be in Ontario Class C airspace.' Chino is in a cutout on the edge of Ontario Class C airspace. Tower told me he would tell me when to turn; which he soon did.Had I not turned ESE when I did; I would have been in Ontario's airspace. Tower should have told me 'Stay north until I tell you to turn. Ignore the Class C airspace.'In a phone call to Tower; I was told Ontario is under Chino control; so should have ignored the Ontario airspace since I was talking to Chino. Tower told me my situation was common.Personally; I will avoid the whole situation by requesting transition south. I told this to Chino and they said fine and would see about some changes to north transitions.

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.