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Pilot reported being chastised by tower for entering class delta. Pilot was under flight following from approach control and told to contact tower.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1356594 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201605 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | TMB.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 36 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 3050 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
I was flying VFR with flight following to tmb at 2;000 feet. I asked approach for an RNAV 9R approach and received a clearance for that approach. I was on an assigned heading of 180 and was approaching the extended center line of the runway and waiting for the approach controller to give me a turn inbound; but felt he had forgotten about me and so I asked for a turn inbound. Approach gave me the inbound turn and instructed me to contact tmb tower; which I immediately did. The local controller at tmb told me I should have contacted him before entering the tmb class D airspace. Assuming (without knowing) I entered tmb's class D airspace before contacting the local controller; it seems to me the approach controller should have coordinated with tmb local controller. I was communicating with the appropriate ATC controller if I entered class D airspace before contacting tmb tower. I so advised the local controller.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported being chastised by tower for entering Class Delta. Pilot was under flight following from Approach Control and told to contact Tower.
Narrative: I was flying VFR with flight following to TMB at 2;000 feet. I asked approach for an RNAV 9R approach and received a clearance for that approach. I was on an assigned heading of 180 and was approaching the extended center line of the runway and waiting for the approach controller to give me a turn inbound; but felt he had forgotten about me and so I asked for a turn inbound. Approach gave me the inbound turn and instructed me to contact TMB tower; which I immediately did. The local controller at TMB told me I should have contacted him before entering the TMB Class D airspace. Assuming (without knowing) I entered TMB's Class D airspace before contacting the local controller; it seems to me the approach controller should have coordinated with TMB local controller. I was communicating with the appropriate ATC controller if I entered Class D airspace before contacting TMB tower. I so advised the local controller.
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.