Entered restricted airspace.

Attributes
ACN	92434
Time
Date	198807
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lwl
State Reference	NV
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9500 msl bound upper : 11500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zlc tracon : edw
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 35 flight time total : 925 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	92434
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Navigating to slc VFR in scattered thunderstorms. VFR with flight following from or. Too low for continuous radar contact. Thought I was north of location and west of restr area, but deviations for thunderstorms resulted in navigation error. Contacted ZLC and surprised to find myself already 3 mi into restr airspace. Promptly complied with vectoring out of same to north. No other complications. Main contributing factor was difficulty with precise fixes based on landmarks in adverse WX and delayed recognition of position. Contributing factor was distraction from avoiding scattered thunderstorms.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENTERED RESTRICTED AIRSPACE.

Narrative: NAVIGATING TO SLC VFR IN SCATTERED TSTMS. VFR WITH FLT FOLLOWING FROM OR. TOO LOW FOR CONTINUOUS RADAR CONTACT. THOUGHT I WAS N OF LOCATION AND W OF RESTR AREA, BUT DEVIATIONS FOR TSTMS RESULTED IN NAV ERROR. CONTACTED ZLC AND SURPRISED TO FIND MYSELF ALREADY 3 MI INTO RESTR AIRSPACE. PROMPTLY COMPLIED WITH VECTORING OUT OF SAME TO N. NO OTHER COMPLICATIONS. MAIN CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS DIFFICULTY WITH PRECISE FIXES BASED ON LANDMARKS IN ADVERSE WX AND DELAYED RECOGNITION OF POS. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS DISTR FROM AVOIDING SCATTERED TSTMS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.