Narrative:

The problem arose because the lack of communications between myself and my copilot. My copilot, the owner of the aircraft, always preflts, warms up and gets our clearance before arriving at the aircraft. I failed to check our clearance before takeoff. After takeoff from scottsdale, I took up a heading to buckeye and contacted phoenix departure control for vectors in their control zone. They gave me a transponder code and picked me up. They notified me of an aircraft on an approach to sky harbor at my 10 to 11 O'clock position. We had picked up the aircraft visually about the same time as we were notified by departure control. I was then instructed to turn to a heading of 270 degrees (I was on 255 degrees at the time). Right after that, they informed me to call them on land line after landing. I was then turned over to luke AFB and they vectored me around this area. I was written up for entering phoenix class B airspace. It was my fault that I did not check to see that we had a clearance thorough their area before I took off. For what it's worth, this was my first violation in my 50 years of flying. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter flies a piper navajo that belongs to a friend who no longer has a medical certificate. This is the first time that he has been written up. He realizes that this was his fault. He was 'awarded' some training by the FSDO. 4 hours observation at the ATC center, 3 hours ground instruction, and 1 hour flight instruction. He is now aware of the 10 day limitation on sending a report to the ASRS to receive immunity.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PIPER NAVAJO ENTERED THE PHX CLASS B AIRSPACE WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: THE PROB AROSE BECAUSE THE LACK OF COMS BTWN MYSELF AND MY COPLT. MY COPLT, THE OWNER OF THE ACFT, ALWAYS PREFLTS, WARMS UP AND GETS OUR CLRNC BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE ACFT. I FAILED TO CHK OUR CLRNC BEFORE TKOF. AFTER TKOF FROM SCOTTSDALE, I TOOK UP A HDG TO BUCKEYE AND CONTACTED PHOENIX DEP CTL FOR VECTORS IN THEIR CTL ZONE. THEY GAVE ME A TRANSPONDER CODE AND PICKED ME UP. THEY NOTIFIED ME OF AN ACFT ON AN APCH TO SKY HARBOR AT MY 10 TO 11 O'CLOCK POS. WE HAD PICKED UP THE ACFT VISUALLY ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE NOTIFIED BY DEP CTL. I WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO TURN TO A HDG OF 270 DEGS (I WAS ON 255 DEGS AT THE TIME). RIGHT AFTER THAT, THEY INFORMED ME TO CALL THEM ON LAND LINE AFTER LNDG. I WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO LUKE AFB AND THEY VECTORED ME AROUND THIS AREA. I WAS WRITTEN UP FOR ENTERING PHOENIX CLASS B AIRSPACE. IT WAS MY FAULT THAT I DID NOT CHK TO SEE THAT WE HAD A CLRNC THOROUGH THEIR AREA BEFORE I TOOK OFF. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THIS WAS MY FIRST VIOLATION IN MY 50 YEARS OF FLYING. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR FLIES A PIPER NAVAJO THAT BELONGS TO A FRIEND WHO NO LONGER HAS A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE HAS BEEN WRITTEN UP. HE REALIZES THAT THIS WAS HIS FAULT. HE WAS 'AWARDED' SOME TRAINING BY THE FSDO. 4 HRS OBSERVATION AT THE ATC CTR, 3 HRS GND INSTRUCTION, AND 1 HR FLT INSTRUCTION. HE IS NOW AWARE OF THE 10 DAY LIMITATION ON SENDING A RPT TO THE ASRS TO RECEIVE IMMUNITY.

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.