<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1372601, July 2016

C172 pilot reported a tpa class B airspace incursion resulted when he took evasive action to avoid an aircraft climbing directly below him.

Attributes
ACN	1372601
Time
Date	201607
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAL.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Climb
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 81 Flight Crew Total 183
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 200

Narrative:

I was cruising at about 2400 ft and 11 miles on 270 radial from lal. I contacted lakeland tower 11 miles out to west. As soon as I did that; a traffic alert showed up with an aircraft 500 ft right below climbing towards my aircraft. I initiated a climbing right turn immediately; but the aircraft's position still showed climbing and 200 ft below my aircraft. I initiated a further steep climbing right turn. As soon as I realized I was at 3000 ft which was the class B shelf; I took immediate corrective action and initiated an immediate descent to remain clear of it. To prevent a recurrence; I would use better situational awareness.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported a TPA Class B airspace incursion resulted when he took evasive action to avoid an aircraft climbing directly below him.

Narrative: I was cruising at about 2400 ft and 11 miles on 270 radial from LAL. I contacted Lakeland Tower 11 miles out to west. As soon as I did that; a traffic alert showed up with an aircraft 500 ft right below climbing towards my aircraft. I initiated a climbing right turn immediately; but the aircraft's position still showed climbing and 200 ft below my aircraft. I initiated a further steep climbing right turn. As soon as I realized I was at 3000 ft which was the Class B shelf; I took immediate corrective action and initiated an immediate descent to remain clear of it. To prevent a recurrence; I would use better situational awareness.

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.