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Light aircraft pilot reports inadvertent entry into class B airspace departing yip after not arming altitude on his G1000.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 846399 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | YIP.Airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | MCP |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 320 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
I was flying an aircraft equipped with a G1000 for the first time in nearly a year. I trained a lot with that type; but then moved on to retractable gear to work on commercial/CFI certification. Normally we leave yip at 2500 due to dtw airports class B shelf above us at 3000. I climbed to 2500 using the autopilot and didn't notice I had not armed the altitude; so it continued to climb. I noticed my altitude was too high about 2950 and disarmed the autopilot; and I stopped the climb as quickly as possible without startling my passengers; but unfortunately the altitude did register 3000 or 3020; after which I quickly descended to 2500. This happened near the top corner of the bravo airspace near the semi-circle gap around the svm VOR; probably about 1/2 nm to 1nm away from the edge of the airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Light aircraft pilot reports inadvertent entry into Class B airspace departing YIP after not arming altitude on his G1000.
Narrative: I was flying an aircraft equipped with a G1000 for the first time in nearly a year. I trained a lot with that type; but then moved on to retractable gear to work on commercial/CFI certification. Normally we leave YIP at 2500 due to DTW Airports Class B shelf above us at 3000. I climbed to 2500 using the autopilot and didn't notice I had not armed the altitude; so it continued to climb. I noticed my altitude was too high about 2950 and disarmed the autopilot; and I stopped the climb as quickly as possible without startling my passengers; but unfortunately the altitude did register 3000 or 3020; after which I quickly descended to 2500. This happened near the top corner of the Bravo Airspace near the semi-circle gap around the SVM VOR; probably about 1/2 nm to 1nm away from the edge 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.