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Air carrier medium large transport captain suspects entering prohibited area P-56 during dca departure due to high crosswind.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 500910 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200101 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca.airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dca.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : noise abatement departure : other published ifr departure |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 500910 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : vor radial indicator other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited penetrated airspace |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Takeoff from dca turned left to 300 degree heading to intercept 328 degree radial. Went through radial to west. Started turn back and wind carried me through radial to east. Wind was 250 degrees at 60 KTS. I then corrected back to radial and continued to climb. There was no positive way to tell how far to the east we got. There was no call from ATC to indicate a problem. I do not believe we got into P-56, but crews should be aware of strong winds from the west when departing in IFR. It took almost 40 degrees of crab to maintain the radial.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG CAPT SUSPECTS ENTERING PROHIBITED AREA P-56 DURING DCA DEP DUE TO HIGH XWIND.
Narrative: TKOF FROM DCA TURNED L TO 300 DEG HDG TO INTERCEPT 328 DEG RADIAL. WENT THROUGH RADIAL TO W. STARTED TURN BACK AND WIND CARRIED ME THROUGH RADIAL TO E. WIND WAS 250 DEGS AT 60 KTS. I THEN CORRECTED BACK TO RADIAL AND CONTINUED TO CLB. THERE WAS NO POSITIVE WAY TO TELL HOW FAR TO THE E WE GOT. THERE WAS NO CALL FROM ATC TO INDICATE A PROB. I DO NOT BELIEVE WE GOT INTO P-56, BUT CREWS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG WINDS FROM THE W WHEN DEPARTING IN IFR. IT TOOK ALMOST 40 DEGS OF CRAB TO MAINTAIN THE RADIAL.
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.