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Attributes | |
ACN | 129042 |
Time | |
Date | 198911 |
Day | Wed |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : sql |
State Reference | CA |
Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Dusk |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tracon : oak |
Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
Route In Use | approach : visual |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2700 flight time type : 30 |
ASRS Report | 129042 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : radar |
Qualification | controller : radar |
Events | |
Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | other |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
IFR arrival to san carlos via radar vectors. Just after going visibility and reporting airport in sight, approach said 'advise cancelling IFR.' I declined until 500' below clouds. Approach pushed again to get me to cancel, rather than issuing a visibility approach. Figuring that the controller wanted to not have to separate me from sfo arrs, I accepted the IFR cancellation. Almost immediately after going VFR, I clipped the bottom of the lowest sector of the sfo TCA. Moral: don't let approach push one into accepting a premature cancellation--demand a visibility approach and let the tower do it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF SMA BELIEVES HE VIOLATED THE TCA AFTER BEING RELEASED TO VFR BY TRACON.
Narrative: IFR ARR TO SAN CARLOS VIA RADAR VECTORS. JUST AFTER GOING VIS AND RPTING ARPT IN SIGHT, APCH SAID 'ADVISE CANCELLING IFR.' I DECLINED UNTIL 500' BELOW CLOUDS. APCH PUSHED AGAIN TO GET ME TO CANCEL, RATHER THAN ISSUING A VIS APCH. FIGURING THAT THE CTLR WANTED TO NOT HAVE TO SEPARATE ME FROM SFO ARRS, I ACCEPTED THE IFR CANCELLATION. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER GOING VFR, I CLIPPED THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWEST SECTOR OF THE SFO TCA. MORAL: DON'T LET APCH PUSH ONE INTO ACCEPTING A PREMATURE CANCELLATION--DEMAND A VIS APCH AND LET THE TWR DO IT.
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.