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C170 pilot reports inadvertently entering mexican airspace near nyl after his efb fails with no paper charts aboard. Nyl tower provides assistance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 954629 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | NYL.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 170 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electronic Flt Bag (EFB) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 209 Flight Crew Type 106 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
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.
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.