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Pilot reported a possible airspace violation and states the reason was due to the lack of flying time in the last 6 months due to the covid-19 pandemic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1758133 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| 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 | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 4 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Was told to remain clear of class C. Haze and smoke worse than expected; and due to reduced visibility was momentarily distracted. Filed to maintain clearance from class C. Controller did not mention it; but I looked at GPS when I had a moment; and was in class C or very close.really; the issue here was due to covid; I have little flying time in last 6 months; and was behind the airplane as a result. Messing around with brand new avionics; I was distracted long enough to breach class C.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported a possible airspace violation and states the reason was due to the lack of flying time in the last 6 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Narrative: Was told to remain clear of Class C. Haze and smoke worse than expected; and due to reduced visibility was momentarily distracted. Filed to maintain clearance from Class C. Controller did not mention it; but I looked at GPS when I had a moment; and was in Class C or very close.Really; the issue here was due to COVID; I have little flying time in last 6 months; and was behind the airplane as a result. Messing around with brand new avionics; I was distracted long enough to breach Class C.
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.