Narrative:

In sum: a privately owned cessna 182P departed sanford for venice, fl. The aircraft has very extensive electronic equipment, but the communication radios were not operating well that day and the LORAN did not show the mco class B airspace. Shortly after takeoff, while attempting to contact mco TRACON, the aircraft came about 900 ft horizontally and 400 ft vertically from another aircraft that was under control of mco TRACON. The reporter was flying below the floor of the class B airspace at the time until radio contact was made. Now that radio contact was established, the reporter was able to proceed uneventfully. On arrival the previous day, using LORAN with the class B airspace depicted and an out-of- date chart, sanford tower questioned the reporter's navigation. The reporter has replaced the WAC chart and has installed a LORAN that depicts the class B airspace as well as checking his communication radios and transponder.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB WEAK COM RADIOS AND XPONDER, OLD MODEL LORAN OUTDATED WAC.

Narrative: IN SUM: A PRIVATELY OWNED CESSNA 182P DEPARTED SANFORD FOR VENICE, FL. THE ACFT HAS VERY EXTENSIVE ELECTRONIC EQUIP, BUT THE COM RADIOS WERE NOT OPERATING WELL THAT DAY AND THE LORAN DID NOT SHOW THE MCO CLASS B AIRSPACE. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT MCO TRACON, THE ACFT CAME ABOUT 900 FT HORIZLY AND 400 FT VERTLY FROM ANOTHER ACFT THAT WAS UNDER CTL OF MCO TRACON. THE RPTR WAS FLYING BELOW THE FLOOR OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE AT THE TIME UNTIL RADIO CONTACT WAS MADE. NOW THAT RADIO CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED, THE RPTR WAS ABLE TO PROCEED UNEVENTFULLY. ON ARR THE PREVIOUS DAY, USING LORAN WITH THE CLASS B AIRSPACE DEPICTED AND AN OUT-OF- DATE CHART, SANFORD TWR QUESTIONED THE RPTR'S NAV. THE RPTR HAS REPLACED THE WAC CHART AND HAS INSTALLED A LORAN THAT DEPICTS THE CLASS B AIRSPACE AS WELL AS CHKING HIS COM RADIOS AND XPONDER.

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.