C185 with S46 enters class B airspace without ATC clearance.

Attributes
ACN	608119
Time
Date	200402
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea.airport
State Reference	WA
Altitude	msl single value : 5500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : s46.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skywagon 185
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 : atp pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : private pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 23000 flight time type : 110
ASRS Report	608119
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

VFR flight hqm to bvs. Contacted seattle approach, asked for permission to fly eastbound to mid puget sound, then northwest to bvs. Was given squawk code and roger. Altitude was 5500 ft. Took this as clearance into class B airspace. Shortly after frequency change, next controller asked intentions and said I was not cleared into class B airspace unless previously cleared by last controller. Feel the initial approach controller should have said I was not cleared into class B airspace as I had expressed my intentions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C185 WITH S46 ENTERS CLASS B AIRSPACE WITHOUT ATC CLRNC.

Narrative: VFR FLT HQM TO BVS. CONTACTED SEATTLE APCH, ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO FLY EBOUND TO MID PUGET SOUND, THEN NW TO BVS. WAS GIVEN SQUAWK CODE AND ROGER. ALT WAS 5500 FT. TOOK THIS AS CLRNC INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE. SHORTLY AFTER FREQ CHANGE, NEXT CTLR ASKED INTENTIONS AND SAID I WAS NOT CLRED INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE UNLESS PREVIOUSLY CLRED BY LAST CTLR. FEEL THE INITIAL APCH CTLR SHOULD HAVE SAID I WAS NOT CLRED INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE AS I HAD EXPRESSED MY INTENTIONS.

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.