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Captain of an medium large transport descended below the class B airspace during a localizer approach procedure resulting in unauthorized penetration of class east airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 394930 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : las |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6500 msl bound upper : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : las |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 12000 |
| ASRS Report | 394930 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We inadvertently descended below the floor of the class B airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MLG DSNDED BELOW THE CLASS B AIRSPACE DURING A LOC APCH PROC RESULTING IN UNAUTH PENETRATION OF CLASS E AIRSPACE.
Narrative: WE INADVERTENTLY DSNDED BELOW THE FLOOR OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE.
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.