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Developing severe WX and turbulence in the slc, ut area results in a diversion and inadvertent entry into an adjacent airport's airspace. S56 approach provided an assist.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 505590 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200103 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ogd.airport |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5100 msl bound upper : 5500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : enroute altitude change |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : student pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 680 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 505590 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other non adherence : far non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : exited penetrated airspace flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After taking off of salt lake int'l airport, we were headed northbound to logan, ut. Area aircraft reported to tower they had experienced a loss in altitude and a 30 KT headwind suddenly. We were continuing northbound when we noticed it was slightly raining, then we hit a hard bump of turbulence. We noticed the rain moved quickly from rain to a hail storm. Approach told us that the storm was 3 miles wide. It was concentrated over skypark (bountiful), so we couldn't turn around. We continued to ogd airport. Approach was very helpful getting information for us to land ogd. We headed toward ogd at an altitude of 5100 ft AGL. We had a very hard time holding altitude. We headed towards ogd, mistaking hill AFB beacon for ogd. We noticed and headed back to ogd. Approach asked us if we had to land runway 14. We said no, that I had mistaken beacons. He (slc approach) gave us vectors for ogd ILS runway 3. We landed safely in ogd, but had entered hill air force base's airspace. The controller was very helpful to us, in a very bad WX situation. It was heavy rain and bumpy until we touched down in ogd.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DEVELOPING SEVERE WX AND TURB IN THE SLC, UT AREA RESULTS IN A DIVERSION AND INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO AN ADJACENT ARPT'S AIRSPACE. S56 APCH PROVIDED AN ASSIST.
Narrative: AFTER TAKING OFF OF SALT LAKE INT'L ARPT, WE WERE HEADED NBOUND TO LOGAN, UT. AREA ACFT RPTED TO TWR THEY HAD EXPERIENCED A LOSS IN ALT AND A 30 KT HEADWIND SUDDENLY. WE WERE CONTINUING NBOUND WHEN WE NOTICED IT WAS SLIGHTLY RAINING, THEN WE HIT A HARD BUMP OF TURB. WE NOTICED THE RAIN MOVED QUICKLY FROM RAIN TO A HAIL STORM. APCH TOLD US THAT THE STORM WAS 3 MILES WIDE. IT WAS CONCENTRATED OVER SKYPARK (BOUNTIFUL), SO WE COULDN'T TURN AROUND. WE CONTINUED TO OGD ARPT. APCH WAS VERY HELPFUL GETTING INFO FOR US TO LAND OGD. WE HEADED TOWARD OGD AT AN ALT OF 5100 FT AGL. WE HAD A VERY HARD TIME HOLDING ALT. WE HEADED TOWARDS OGD, MISTAKING HILL AFB BEACON FOR OGD. WE NOTICED AND HEADED BACK TO OGD. APCH ASKED US IF WE HAD TO LAND RWY 14. WE SAID NO, THAT I HAD MISTAKEN BEACONS. HE (SLC APCH) GAVE US VECTORS FOR OGD ILS RWY 3. WE LANDED SAFELY IN OGD, BUT HAD ENTERED HILL AIR FORCE BASE'S AIRSPACE. THE CTLR WAS VERY HELPFUL TO US, IN A VERY BAD WX SIT. IT WAS HEAVY RAIN AND BUMPY UNTIL WE TOUCHED DOWN IN OGD.
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.