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First officer of an embraer, EMB120, entered restr airspace when he failed to turn base leg soon enough to avoid the nearby restr airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 472450 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200005 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : law.airport |
| State Reference | OK |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 119 |
| Navigation In Use | other other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 900 flight time type : 130 |
| ASRS Report | 472450 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited penetrated airspace none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was cleared for the visual into law. I entered a left downwind for runway 17 and the captain notified me of restr airspace past a road. I saw a large road in the distance and made it affirmative to him that I would remain to the south side of the road. I began the base leg turn and the captain told me I was in restr airspace. I realized that I was using the wrong road as my reference point. This problem could have been easily avoided if I would had clarified which road was the reference rather than accept what I thought to be true. A factor to be considered is that I have been sitting reserve and haven't flown for 7 weeks.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF AN EMBRAER, EMB120, ENTERED RESTR AIRSPACE WHEN HE FAILED TO TURN BASE LEG SOON ENOUGH TO AVOID THE NEARBY RESTR AIRSPACE.
Narrative: I WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL INTO LAW. I ENTERED A L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 17 AND THE CAPT NOTIFIED ME OF RESTR AIRSPACE PAST A ROAD. I SAW A LARGE ROAD IN THE DISTANCE AND MADE IT AFFIRMATIVE TO HIM THAT I WOULD REMAIN TO THE S SIDE OF THE ROAD. I BEGAN THE BASE LEG TURN AND THE CAPT TOLD ME I WAS IN RESTR AIRSPACE. I REALIZED THAT I WAS USING THE WRONG ROAD AS MY REF POINT. THIS PROB COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY AVOIDED IF I WOULD HAD CLARIFIED WHICH ROAD WAS THE REF RATHER THAN ACCEPT WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE TRUE. A FACTOR TO BE CONSIDERED IS THAT I HAVE BEEN SITTING RESERVE AND HAVEN'T FLOWN FOR 7 WKS.
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.