VFR general aviation aircraft departing oak; requesting VFR flight following from nct; is informed b...

Narrative:

After shooting a practice approach into oak; I requested continued flight following to pao and thence to wvi. I was given vectors and altitude restrictions to cross the bay to pao. At the time of this occurrence; the controller had requested that I climb to 2500. Shortly afterward; that controller handed me off to the next controller; who promptly notified me that I was in class B airspace without clearance. I promptly descended below 2500 upon notification. No request was made to contact ATC via phone. I am not GPS equipped and admit I was not monitoring position with respect to class B airspace; but assumed ATC was considering overlying class B when instruction was given to climb to 2500. Lesson learned: I will be more careful to monitor my position with respect to airspace; and question ATC instructions that would cause a class B incursion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: VFR general aviation aircraft departing OAK; requesting VFR flight following from NCT; is informed by ATC that he/she had entered SFO Class B; reporter indicated ATC's altitude assignment was a causal factor.

Narrative: After shooting a practice approach into OAK; I requested continued flight following to PAO and thence to WVI. I was given vectors and altitude restrictions to cross the Bay to PAO. At the time of this occurrence; the controller had requested that I climb to 2500. Shortly afterward; that controller handed me off to the next controller; who promptly notified me that I was in Class B airspace without clearance. I promptly descended below 2500 upon notification. No request was made to contact ATC via phone. I am not GPS equipped and admit I was not monitoring position with respect to Class B airspace; but assumed ATC was considering overlying Class B when instruction was given to climb to 2500. Lesson learned: I will be more careful to monitor my position with respect to airspace; and question ATC instructions that would cause a Class B incursion.

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	855810
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	OAK.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 979 Flight Crew Type 810
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types

VFR general aviation aircraft departing oak; requesting VFR flight following from nct; is informed by ATC that he/she had entered sfo class B; reporter indicated ATC's altitude assignment was a causal factor.