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Jetranger pilot is unable to contact lga tower while performing a tour of new york city. Violation of new york class B results.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 831987 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200904 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LGA.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Jet Ranger All Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 1200 Flight Crew Type 1200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I was flying a tour in nyc. I was flying from governors island northbound toward the williamsburg bridge for a tour over the city. I called lga tower for clearance to go toward the empire state building and south central park for a checkout at the boat basin. I did not get an answer from the tower. I called again and again. I circled twice and hovered and tried contacting several more times. No response. I flew back to the pad through the southwest portion of the airspace by entering the airspace. As I was leaving the airspace; ATC contacted me asking what I was doing; and cleared me out of the airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Jetranger pilot is unable to contact LGA Tower while performing a tour of New York City. Violation of New York Class B results.
Narrative: I was flying a tour in NYC. I was flying from Governors Island northbound toward the Williamsburg Bridge for a tour over the city. I called LGA Tower for clearance to go toward the Empire State Building and south Central Park for a checkout at the boat basin. I did not get an answer from the Tower. I called again and again. I circled twice and hovered and tried contacting several more times. No response. I flew back to the pad through the southwest portion of the airspace by entering the airspace. As I was leaving the airspace; ATC contacted me asking what I was doing; and cleared me out of the airspace.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.