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Pilot of a C172 entered class D airspace without clearance due to ARTCC controller, who was providing vectors to reporter, had vectored him into the class D airspace before terminating the radar service and advising frequency change to the class D airport tower.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 479790 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200006 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hky.airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Fog other |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 479790 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On jun/xa/00 while flying VFR with smog (fog and smoke) on radar vectors from concord regional (jqf) go hickory regional (hky), flew without clearance into hky class D airspace. In cruise on radar vectors by ZTL, advised that hky was about 12 O'clock when actually was about 2 O'clock +/-5 NM. Asked ZTL if the airport was the one at 2 O'clock position. ZTL acknowledged, terminated the radar service, asked for frequency change to hky tower. The airplane was already well inside hky class D airspace. Proceeded to circle and flew overhead the airport while contacting the hky tower. After traffic separation advisories, a clearance to land was received with incidents. Upon landing, voluntarily contacted the hky tower via telephone to apologize and explained what happened. Hky tower controller acknowledged it happened before.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A C172 ENTERED CLASS D AIRSPACE WITHOUT CLRNC DUE TO ARTCC CTLR, WHO WAS PROVIDING VECTORS TO RPTR, HAD VECTORED HIM INTO THE CLASS D AIRSPACE BEFORE TERMINATING THE RADAR SVC AND ADVISING FREQ CHANGE TO THE CLASS D ARPT TWR.
Narrative: ON JUN/XA/00 WHILE FLYING VFR WITH SMOG (FOG AND SMOKE) ON RADAR VECTORS FROM CONCORD REGIONAL (JQF) GO HICKORY REGIONAL (HKY), FLEW WITHOUT CLRNC INTO HKY CLASS D AIRSPACE. IN CRUISE ON RADAR VECTORS BY ZTL, ADVISED THAT HKY WAS ABOUT 12 O'CLOCK WHEN ACTUALLY WAS ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK +/-5 NM. ASKED ZTL IF THE ARPT WAS THE ONE AT 2 O'CLOCK POS. ZTL ACKNOWLEDGED, TERMINATED THE RADAR SVC, ASKED FOR FREQ CHANGE TO HKY TWR. THE AIRPLANE WAS ALREADY WELL INSIDE HKY CLASS D AIRSPACE. PROCEEDED TO CIRCLE AND FLEW OVERHEAD THE ARPT WHILE CONTACTING THE HKY TWR. AFTER TFC SEPARATION ADVISORIES, A CLRNC TO LAND WAS RECEIVED WITH INCIDENTS. UPON LNDG, VOLUNTARILY CONTACTED THE HKY TWR VIA TELEPHONE TO APOLOGIZE AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED. HKY TWR CTLR ACKNOWLEDGED IT HAPPENED BEFORE.
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.