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Pilot reported misreading the sectional pertaining to airspace borders and flew through class D airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1391885 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | OXC.Tower |
| State Reference | CT |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 32 Flight Crew Total 423 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types |
Narrative:
I inadvertently entered the class D airspace of koxc; misreading the top of the class D on the VFR chart I was using as [30] when it was actually [32]. It's unclear to me why I misread the chart; but the adjacent class D at kdxr does have a top of [30]; so it's possible I mistook one for the other. The kdxr tower asked me to call the koxc tower; which I did after completing the flight. I explained the situation to the koxc controller as I did above.as many pilots do; I was using the electronic version of the new york sectional chart on an ipad. There's a wealth of important information there. I wonder if the FAA would consider a next generation of the charts to include various layers or otherwise implement a 'declutter' mechanism as on the G1000 mfd to limit the information presented in various ways. I say this not as an excuse; but simply as a suggestion to make charts easier to use and enhance safety in the skies.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported misreading the sectional pertaining to airspace borders and flew through class D airspace.
Narrative: I inadvertently entered the class D airspace of KOXC; misreading the top of the class D on the VFR chart I was using as [30] when it was actually [32]. It's unclear to me why I misread the chart; but the adjacent class D at KDXR does have a top of [30]; so it's possible I mistook one for the other. The KDXR tower asked me to call the KOXC tower; which I did after completing the flight. I explained the situation to the KOXC controller as I did above.As many pilots do; I was using the electronic version of the New York sectional chart on an iPad. There's a wealth of important information there. I wonder if the FAA would consider a next generation of the charts to include various layers or otherwise implement a 'declutter' mechanism as on the G1000 MFD to limit the information presented in various ways. I say this not as an excuse; but simply as a suggestion to make charts easier to use and enhance safety in the skies.
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.