Pilot describes a situation where he is under flight following and then vectored at an altitude to e...

Attributes
ACN	1217016
Time
Date	201402
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZOA.ARTCC
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 400 Flight Crew Type 350
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

I was flying VFR near archi at 4;500 ft. Descending to grove to practice ILS 28R [at] oak. I had flight following. Then center vectored me to heading 270. In this area; I was under the bravo airspace shelf above; which starts at 6000 feet. All good. However; the controller vectored me towards the center of bravo airspace. I continued to follow his guidance and vectors for safety. And then; right as I approached the lower level bravo airspace (down to 4;000); he said resume own navigation; right as I was against the bravo wall at 4000 feet. To avoid unsafe maneuvers; I continued on into bravo airspace and immediately requested a clearance; yet the controller did not clearly grant it me. This was a challenging position; as I had to follow his guidance [and] vectors; but these contradicted other guidance given from him. What could be done in the future is if a controller gives vectors that lead into bravo airspace; then also give a bravo clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot describes a situation where he is under flight following and then vectored at an altitude to enter the Class Bravo airspace; but terminated just before entering it. The pilot had to enter the airspace and then request a clearance to be in it.

Narrative: I was flying VFR near ARCHI at 4;500 ft. descending to GROVE to practice ILS 28R [at] OAK. I had flight following. Then Center vectored me to heading 270. In this area; I was under the Bravo airspace shelf above; which starts at 6000 feet. All good. However; the controller vectored me towards the center of Bravo airspace. I continued to follow his guidance and vectors for safety. And then; right as I approached the lower level Bravo airspace (down to 4;000); he said resume own navigation; right as I was against the Bravo wall at 4000 feet. To avoid unsafe maneuvers; I continued on into Bravo airspace and immediately requested a clearance; yet the controller did not clearly grant it me. This was a challenging position; as I had to follow his guidance [and] vectors; but these contradicted other guidance given from him. What could be done in the future is if a controller gives vectors that lead into Bravo airspace; then also give a Bravo clearance.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Pilot describes a situation where he is under flight following and then vectored at an altitude to enter the class bravo airspace; but terminated just before entering it. The pilot had to enter the airspace and then request a clearance to be in it.