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A home-built small aircraft aircraft penetrates class B area of dfw, tx, and then retreats from the airspace incursion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 396070 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4500 msl bound upper : 4500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dfw |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Amateur (Home) Built |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5900 flight time type : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 396070 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : exited penetrated airspace |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While cruising and taking engine readings on modification to engine cooling I may have inadvertently entered dfw class B airspace. I mistook some ground references, mainly lake lewis was mistaken for ray roberts, as I was relying on ground references without GPS, etc, for position awareness to class B. Even on a cavu day, I need to be more alert.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A HOME-BUILT SMA ACFT PENETRATES CLASS B AREA OF DFW, TX, AND THEN RETREATS FROM THE AIRSPACE INCURSION.
Narrative: WHILE CRUISING AND TAKING ENG READINGS ON MODIFICATION TO ENG COOLING I MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY ENTERED DFW CLASS B AIRSPACE. I MISTOOK SOME GND REFS, MAINLY LAKE LEWIS WAS MISTAKEN FOR RAY ROBERTS, AS I WAS RELYING ON GND REFS WITHOUT GPS, ETC, FOR POS AWARENESS TO CLASS B. EVEN ON A CAVU DAY, I NEED TO BE MORE ALERT.
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.