P51 pilot requests flight following and is given a squawk code prior to departure and told to contac...

Attributes
ACN	949874
Time
Date	201105
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	CNO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Mustang (P51)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Total 5200 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types

Narrative:

I had asked for flight following out of chino to the east. I was given a squawk code and on departure told to contact socal departure. I called socal and was told to ident; which I did. As I continued east I entered riverside class D airspace. Then socal called again and asked me to ident again. Once I did; he said radar contact and told me in the future I should be told radar contact before entering another class D. As the controlling area was class C airspace; I was under the impression that you only needed to establish radio communication; not radar identification (as needed for class B). Anyway; I think that hand offs from tower to approach with flight following should be handled much like IFR hand offs; where radar identification is automatic if you already have a squawk code.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: P51 pilot requests flight following and is given a squawk code prior to departure and told to contact Departure by the Tower. The pilot enters class D airspace before RADAR contact is established and is admonished by the Controller for doing so.

Narrative: I had asked for flight following out of Chino to the east. I was given a squawk code and on departure told to contact Socal Departure. I called Socal and was told to ident; which I did. As I continued east I entered Riverside class D airspace. Then Socal called again and asked me to ident again. Once I did; he said RADAR contact and told me in the future I should be told RADAR contact before entering another class D. As the controlling area was class C airspace; I was under the impression that you only needed to establish radio communication; not RADAR identification (as needed for class B). Anyway; I think that hand offs from Tower to Approach with flight following should be handled much like IFR hand offs; where RADAR identification is automatic if you already have a squawk code.

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.

P51 pilot requests flight following and is given a squawk code prior to departure and told to contact departure by the tower. The pilot enters class D airspace before radar contact is established and is admonished by the controller for doing so.