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Flight crew of a B757 descended below class B airspace during a visual approach and was counseled by approach control personnel regarding the incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 435823 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199905 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : msp.vortac |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : m98.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 435823 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : exit altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : far non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
20 DME from msp, cleared for visual approach, descended from 4000 ft to 3000 ft. Upon landing, was told to call approach and was told that we descended below class B airspace. Was also told there was no violation to be recorded, just education.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B757 DSNDED BELOW CLASS B AIRSPACE DURING A VISUAL APCH AND WAS COUNSELED BY APCH CTL PERSONNEL REGARDING THE INCIDENT.
Narrative: 20 DME FROM MSP, CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH, DSNDED FROM 4000 FT TO 3000 FT. UPON LNDG, WAS TOLD TO CALL APCH AND WAS TOLD THAT WE DSNDED BELOW CLASS B AIRSPACE. WAS ALSO TOLD THERE WAS NO VIOLATION TO BE RECORDED, JUST EDUCATION.
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.