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Pilot of a C180 entered the side of class D airspace by mistake while taking photographs and exited at once. Since she was monitoring the tower, she apologized to the controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 477990 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200007 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bjc.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bjc.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 180 Skywagon |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 477990 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited penetrated airspace |
| 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:
On a pleasure, aerial photo flight, I misjudged class D boundaries for jeffco and encroached about 1 mi into class D airspace. Was monitoring tower, so when they called I talked to them, explained my error and apologized.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A C180 ENTERED THE SIDE OF CLASS D AIRSPACE BY MISTAKE WHILE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AND EXITED AT ONCE. SINCE SHE WAS MONITORING THE TWR, SHE APOLOGIZED TO THE CTLR.
Narrative: ON A PLEASURE, AERIAL PHOTO FLT, I MISJUDGED CLASS D BOUNDARIES FOR JEFFCO AND ENCROACHED ABOUT 1 MI INTO CLASS D AIRSPACE. WAS MONITORING TWR, SO WHEN THEY CALLED I TALKED TO THEM, EXPLAINED MY ERROR AND APOLOGIZED.
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.