An air carrier aircraft entered class 'D' airspace without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	272611
Time
Date	199405
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tvc
State Reference	MI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2700 msl bound upper : 2700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zmp tower : tvc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other other
Route In Use	approach : visual enroute airway : zmp
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 2700 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	272611
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	272623
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 6000 vertical : 600
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation Inter Facility Coordination Failure

Narrative:

We were descending out of 14000 ft for 4000 ft, talking to ZMP on 132.55, approximately 28 NM from tvc. We had tvc in sight and were cleared for the visual approach. As we were turning on a 5 or 6 mi final. We had a TCASII alert, 2 O'clock, 4 mi 700 ft below us. It was a high wing cessna. We got a visual at 2 mi paralleling us. We then got an RA to descend. We had the traffic in sight and were descending. At 4-5 mi out, I called center twice asking for a hand-off tower, I received no response, then switched to tower on my own. We were on about a 4 mi final for runway 28 at tvc when tower cleared us to enter a left downwind for 28. By the time tower cleared us to land, we were not in a position to make a stabilized approach and went around, then entered a left downwind for 28 and landed. The problem was we were never handed off to tvc tower by ZMP, we might have descended below the 132.55 radio coverage and should have been switched sooner. Because of the late switch to tower, tvc tower did not know our location in relation to other local traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR ACFT ENTERED CLASS 'D' AIRSPACE WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: WE WERE DSNDING OUT OF 14000 FT FOR 4000 FT, TALKING TO ZMP ON 132.55, APPROX 28 NM FROM TVC. WE HAD TVC IN SIGHT AND WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH. AS WE WERE TURNING ON A 5 OR 6 MI FINAL. WE HAD A TCASII ALERT, 2 O'CLOCK, 4 MI 700 FT BELOW US. IT WAS A HIGH WING CESSNA. WE GOT A VISUAL AT 2 MI PARALLELING US. WE THEN GOT AN RA TO DSND. WE HAD THE TFC IN SIGHT AND WERE DSNDING. AT 4-5 MI OUT, I CALLED CTR TWICE ASKING FOR A HAND-OFF TWR, I RECEIVED NO RESPONSE, THEN SWITCHED TO TWR ON MY OWN. WE WERE ON ABOUT A 4 MI FINAL FOR RWY 28 AT TVC WHEN TWR CLRED US TO ENTER A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR 28. BY THE TIME TWR CLRED US TO LAND, WE WERE NOT IN A POS TO MAKE A STABILIZED APCH AND WENT AROUND, THEN ENTERED A L DOWNWIND FOR 28 AND LANDED. THE PROB WAS WE WERE NEVER HANDED OFF TO TVC TWR BY ZMP, WE MIGHT HAVE DSNDED BELOW THE 132.55 RADIO COVERAGE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN SWITCHED SOONER. BECAUSE OF THE LATE SWITCH TO TWR, TVC TWR DID NOT KNOW OUR LOCATION IN RELATION TO OTHER LCL TFC.

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.