VFR general aviation aircraft with hpn ATC; described possible oxc class D entry event; when radar s...

Narrative:

I was VFR to hpn; at 3000 ft; below a cloud base at about 3;500; receiving flight following from bradley approach. Just northeast of oxc; bradley approach says 'radar services terminated; squawk VFR; contact ny approach if you want advisories'. When they did this; I was within a mile of oxc's class D airspace; whether in it or not; I couldn't tell for sure. I wasn't sure of my exact position; for two reasons: a) I'd been vectored around bdl traffic for a while; and b) the turbulence was so rough that maintaining heading and altitude was taking up most of my attention (aviate; navigate; communicate). It took a few minutes to raise ny approach (they were busy); during this interval (after realizing I wouldn't immediately make contact with ny approach); I did a 90 right turn to try to avoid or get out of the delta airspace. But I'm pretty sure I was inside the delta at some point before I made contact with ny approach. I was definitely in contact with bradley approach almost immediately prior to entering the delta; and I think they would have advised me to contact the oxc tower if they hadn't coordinated my entry into the class D with the tower. But I am concerned about the ambiguity; and the possibility that I may have inadvertently violated airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: VFR general aviation aircraft with HPN ATC; described possible OXC Class D entry event; when RADAR service was terminated; instruction issued to change to N90 and significant turbulence was encountered.

Narrative: I was VFR to HPN; at 3000 FT; below a cloud base at about 3;500; receiving flight following from Bradley Approach. Just northeast of OXC; Bradley approach says 'radar services terminated; squawk VFR; contact NY Approach if you want advisories'. When they did this; I was within a mile of OXC's Class D airspace; whether in it or not; I couldn't tell for sure. I wasn't sure of my exact position; for two reasons: a) I'd been vectored around BDL traffic for a while; and b) the turbulence was so rough that maintaining heading and altitude was taking up most of my attention (aviate; navigate; communicate). It took a few minutes to raise NY Approach (they were busy); during this interval (after realizing I wouldn't immediately make contact with NY Approach); I did a 90 right turn to try to avoid or get out of the Delta Airspace. But I'm pretty sure I was inside the Delta at some point before I made contact with NY Approach. I was definitely in contact with Bradley Approach almost immediately prior to entering the Delta; and I think they would have advised me to contact the OXC tower if they hadn't coordinated my entry into the Class D with the tower. But I am concerned about the ambiguity; and the possibility that I may have inadvertently violated 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.

Attributes
ACN	850612
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	OXC.Airport
State Reference	CT
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 155 Flight Crew Type 60
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types

VFR general aviation aircraft with hpn ATC; described possible oxc class D entry event; when radar service was terminated; instruction issued to change to N90 and significant turbulence was encountered.