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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1688651 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | S46.TRACON |
| State Reference | WA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | M-20 B/C Ranger |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | Other unknown |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 933 Flight Crew Type 469 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
I was distracted by an outside object; a balloon (maybe); a potential flight risk/ hazard. Near north end and slightly west of lake sammamish. I exceed the floor of seattle's class bravo airspace by about 300 ft. Or so; the floor is 3;000 ft. After clearing potential conflict; I descended to a suitable altitude below seattle's class bravo airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Mooney M20C pilot reported an airspace incursion while being distracted by a UAV (balloon).
Narrative: I was distracted by an outside object; a balloon (maybe); a potential flight risk/ hazard. Near north end and slightly west of Lake Sammamish. I exceed the floor of Seattle's class Bravo airspace by about 300 ft. or so; the floor is 3;000 ft. After clearing potential conflict; I descended to a suitable altitude below Seattle's Class Bravo airspace.
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.