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Multiple high transmitter towers within vicinity of an airport lying under class C airspace contributed to a part 91 flights possible inadvertent airspace intrusion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1357341 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201605 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IND.TRACON |
| State Reference | IN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 170 Flight Crew Type 25 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Upon departing keye on a heading of 050 direct this was going to put me in conflict of several high towers 1866 ft MSL less than 5 miles from keye and just outside of class C airspace at kind; with a floor of 2100 ft MSL. When departing keye on runway 3; the AFD states to maintain runway heading until 1500 ft MSL.upon departure and climb out I hit significant turbulence and my attention was keeping the aircraft under control. I called indy approach so as not to break their airspace however I was told to standby.I was concerned about the towers and I may have inadvertently broken the class C airspace floor of 2100 ft MSL at kind climbing to avoid these towers and controlling my aircraft at the same time.I attempted to contact indy approach and when told to standby my main concern at that point was to control the aircraft and avoid hitting the towers. I don't know if I broke their airspace or not but at the time my main concern was flight safety.I believe kind ATC has an obligation to help all pilots; and in this regard I believe they failed. Under the circumstances I believe I acted correctly considering the turbulence and all that was happening very quickly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Multiple high transmitter towers within vicinity of an airport lying under Class C airspace contributed to a Part 91 flights possible inadvertent airspace intrusion.
Narrative: Upon departing KEYE on a heading of 050 direct this was going to put me in conflict of several high towers 1866 ft MSL less than 5 miles from KEYE and just outside of Class C airspace at KIND; with a floor of 2100 ft MSL. When departing KEYE on RWY 3; the AFD states to maintain runway heading until 1500 ft MSL.Upon departure and climb out I hit significant turbulence and my attention was keeping the aircraft under control. I called Indy approach so as not to break their airspace however I was told to standby.I was concerned about the towers and I may have inadvertently broken the Class C airspace floor of 2100 ft MSL at KIND climbing to avoid these towers and controlling my aircraft at the same time.I attempted to contact Indy approach and when told to standby my main concern at that point was to control the aircraft and avoid hitting the towers. I don't know if I broke their airspace or not but at the time my main concern was flight safety.I believe KIND ATC has an obligation to help all pilots; and in this regard I believe they failed. Under the circumstances I believe I acted correctly considering the turbulence and all that was happening very quickly.
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.