Narrative:

I was flying cross country to santa monica; ca (smo) at 4;500 MSL along V-186 with VFR flight following. About 20 NM west of pdz VOR; ATC advised that I was inside lax class bravo airspace and gave me vectors to the north; after a brief period of time the controller advised that I could resume own navigation. My VOR indications the time that the controller advised that I was inside class B airspace were that I was directly on centerline of V-186.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot; west bound on V186 near EMT at 4;500 feet is informed by ATC that he has drifted into Class B airspace and to turn right to return to the centerline. The reporter's indications were that he never left the centerline.

Narrative: I was flying cross country to Santa Monica; CA (SMO) at 4;500 MSL along V-186 with VFR Flight Following. About 20 NM West of PDZ VOR; ATC advised that I was inside LAX Class Bravo airspace and gave me vectors to the North; after a brief period of time the controller advised that I could resume own navigation. My VOR indications the time that the controller advised that I was inside Class B airspace were that I was directly on centerline of V-186.

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.