Narrative:

During approach into yuma international; inadvertent penetration into mexican airspace was a result of direct navigation to nyl after equipment failure of my electronic flight bag; leaving me without a sectional chart. I contacted nyl tower right away and they immediately vectored me out of mexican airspace. Having a paper chart in addition to a chart in electronic format would have prevented the airspace penetration.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C170 pilot reports inadvertently entering Mexican airspace near NYL after his EFB fails with no paper charts aboard. NYL Tower provides assistance.

Narrative: During approach into Yuma International; inadvertent penetration into Mexican airspace was a result of direct navigation to NYL after equipment failure of my electronic flight bag; leaving me without a sectional chart. I contacted NYL Tower right away and they immediately vectored me out of Mexican airspace. Having a paper chart in addition to a chart in electronic format would have prevented the airspace penetration.

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.