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C172 pilot arriving smo at night in marginal VFR conditions; experiences a failure of his moving map display. This results in inadvertent entry into lax class B when the wrong freeway is chosen as the route to smo. When the error is detected the hard turn away results in an airborne conflict with a helicopter.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1279049 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SMO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 189 Flight Crew Type 166 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 Vertical 300 |
Narrative:
Inadvertently entered lax bravo airspace on initial approach to smo. Realizing mistake; I corrected heading; but came too close to a helicopter in vicinity during infraction.contributing factors1. Long day (nearly 5 hrs.) flying. Early in the am. PIC tired.2. Low ceiling and marginal VFR conditions at night adding to mental load.3. Handheld moving map crashed and was unable to use. Was attempting to troubleshoot.4. Too hasty correction of heading potentially causing a collision.5. I know the area very well and took that for granted. Was visually following roads instead of flying known headings from avionics. Followed an incorrect freeway; I think; due to being tired. 6. Distracted by talking passenger.after correcting my heading I landed safely at smo.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 pilot arriving SMO at night in marginal VFR conditions; experiences a failure of his moving map display. This results in inadvertent entry into LAX Class B when the wrong freeway is chosen as the route to SMO. When the error is detected the hard turn away results in an airborne conflict with a helicopter.
Narrative: Inadvertently entered LAX Bravo airspace on initial approach to SMO. Realizing mistake; I corrected heading; but came too close to a helicopter in vicinity during infraction.Contributing factors1. Long day (nearly 5 hrs.) flying. Early in the AM. PIC tired.2. Low ceiling and marginal VFR conditions at night adding to mental load.3. Handheld moving map crashed and was unable to use. Was attempting to troubleshoot.4. Too hasty correction of heading potentially causing a collision.5. I know the area very well and took that for granted. Was visually following roads instead of flying known headings from avionics. Followed an incorrect freeway; I think; due to being tired. 6. Distracted by talking passenger.After correcting my heading I landed safely at SMO.
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.