Air traffic area and mode C ring penetration by experimental small aircraft with no transponder.

Attributes
ACN	145882
Time
Date	199005
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : odg
State Reference	UT
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : slc
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 3700 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	145882
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited penetrated airspace
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On a return flight from ephrata, wa in an experimental approach, I landed at ogden, ut for fuel. I was assigned runway 21 for departure and ogden tower advised me to proceed swbnd. The tower then advised me to contact slc approach for traffic advisories. When I contacted approach and advised that I did not have a transponder, they advised me that I should not be inside the 30 NM ring of the slc TCA, or within the hill AFB air traffic area. I then proceeded north and contacted ogden tower. The tower approved a departure to the east. I believe I was rted into the airspace by ogden tower because of 2 reasons: first, there may have been some misunderstanding about my intended southeast direction of flight by the tower. Second, the tower did not now that my aircraft was not equipped with a mode C transponder. It is my understanding that experimental aircraft west/O electrical systems are exempt from the requirement to have the equipment inside the 30 mi ring a long as TCA airspace is not entered. In the future, I plan to advise ATC that the aircraft has no transponder prior to entering the 30 mi ring.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATA AND MODE C RING PENETRATION BY EXPERIMENTAL SMA WITH NO TRANSPONDER.

Narrative: ON A RETURN FLT FROM EPHRATA, WA IN AN EXPERIMENTAL APCH, I LANDED AT OGDEN, UT FOR FUEL. I WAS ASSIGNED RWY 21 FOR DEP AND OGDEN TWR ADVISED ME TO PROCEED SWBND. THE TWR THEN ADVISED ME TO CONTACT SLC APCH FOR TFC ADVISORIES. WHEN I CONTACTED APCH AND ADVISED THAT I DID NOT HAVE A XPONDER, THEY ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD NOT BE INSIDE THE 30 NM RING OF THE SLC TCA, OR WITHIN THE HILL AFB ATA. I THEN PROCEEDED N AND CONTACTED OGDEN TWR. THE TWR APPROVED A DEP TO THE E. I BELIEVE I WAS RTED INTO THE AIRSPACE BY OGDEN TWR BECAUSE OF 2 REASONS: FIRST, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT MY INTENDED SE DIRECTION OF FLT BY THE TWR. SECOND, THE TWR DID NOT NOW THAT MY ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A MODE C XPONDER. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT EXPERIMENTAL ACFT W/O ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THE EQUIP INSIDE THE 30 MI RING A LONG AS TCA AIRSPACE IS NOT ENTERED. IN THE FUTURE, I PLAN TO ADVISE ATC THAT THE ACFT HAS NO XPONDER PRIOR TO ENTERING THE 30 MI RING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.