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Student pilot reported entering phoenix class bravo airspace due to winds.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1644249 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201905 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CHD.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
On my solo cross country flight I was on the way from gyr to ZZZ. When I was on the way from vpglx to vpntt at 5500 feet I saw a dust storm in front sacaton town which was my next way point after vpntt. I didn't see the border of the dust storm to the south and I couldn't go to the north because there are several airspace (chd; iwa; phx) but I saw that I could climb over the top of the dust storm. I initiated a climb from 5500 feet to 9500 feet; aware of phx airspace B from 7000 to 9000 feet in front of me. The climb happened pretty fast and I noticed that I was in an updraft. When I was behind the dust storm at 9500 feet a downdraft hit the airplane and pushed me down into B airspace to about 8700 feet; even at full power I could neither hold the altitude nor climb anymore. I decided to initiate a rapid descent to get out of the airspace and made a turn to the right because there the bottom of airspace B is at 8000 feet so I could get out of it faster. I descended back to 5500 feet and continued my flight normally with no events during the rest of the flight. I think that I was in airspace B for a few seconds; but it happened unintentionally and I was aware of the airspace bottom and top.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Student Pilot reported entering Phoenix Class Bravo Airspace due to winds.
Narrative: On my solo cross country flight I was on the way from GYR to ZZZ. When I was on the way from VPGLX to VPNTT at 5500 feet I saw a dust storm in front Sacaton Town which was my next way point after VPNTT. I didn't see the border of the dust storm to the south and I couldn't go to the north because there are several airspace (CHD; IWA; PHX) but I saw that I could climb over the top of the dust storm. I initiated a climb from 5500 feet to 9500 feet; aware of PHX airspace B from 7000 to 9000 feet in front of me. The climb happened pretty fast and I noticed that I was in an updraft. When I was behind the dust storm at 9500 feet a downdraft hit the airplane and pushed me down into B airspace to about 8700 feet; even at full power I could neither hold the altitude nor climb anymore. I decided to initiate a rapid descent to get out of the airspace and made a turn to the right because there the bottom of airspace B is at 8000 feet so I could get out of it faster. I descended back to 5500 feet and continued my flight normally with no events during the rest of the flight. I think that I was in airspace B for a few seconds; but it happened unintentionally and I was aware of the airspace bottom and top.
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.