EMS helicopter enter restricted area without contact.

Attributes
ACN	218614
Time
Date	199208
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3500 msl bound upper : 3500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz tower : hpn
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 8700 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	218614
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Pilot mistakenly flew through southern portion of restr space abc without contacting FSS on an EMS mission. Contact with center later revealed abc and xyz were active. At the time pilot flew through southern portion, approximately 4-5 mi. Solution: contacting FSS even when extremely busy in emergency conditions in order not to compromise safety. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Reporter stated that this flight was an interfacility flight with a critical patient on board.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMS HELI ENTER RESTRICTED AREA WITHOUT CONTACT.

Narrative: PLT MISTAKENLY FLEW THROUGH SOUTHERN PORTION OF RESTR SPACE ABC WITHOUT CONTACTING FSS ON AN EMS MISSION. CONTACT WITH CTR LATER REVEALED ABC AND XYZ WERE ACTIVE. AT THE TIME PLT FLEW THROUGH SOUTHERN PORTION, APPROX 4-5 MI. SOLUTION: CONTACTING FSS EVEN WHEN EXTREMELY BUSY IN EMER CONDITIONS IN ORDER NOT TO COMPROMISE SAFETY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. RPTR STATED THAT THIS FLT WAS AN INTERFAC FLT WITH A CRITICAL PATIENT ON BOARD.

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.