Small transport lost transponder and entered adjacent facility airspace without authority/authorized...

Attributes
ACN	179435
Time
Date	199105
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ilm
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ilm tracon : zzz
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	179435
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft's beacon transponder went inoperative and the aircraft entered adjacent facility's airspace west/O handoff or coordination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT LOST TRANSPONDER AND ENTERED ADJACENT FAC AIRSPACE WITHOUT AUTH.

Narrative: ACFT'S BEACON XPONDER WENT INOP AND THE ACFT ENTERED ADJACENT FAC'S AIRSPACE W/O HDOF OR COORD.

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.