Bk-117 helicopter pilot reported an inadvertent class B incursion during a maneuver to avoid another...

Narrative:

Lax tower would not grant helicopter traffic to cross under their westerly takeoffs over the coast. I chose to fly back to santa monica then fly east to circumnavigate the class B airspace; as close as possible to save time on a compressed flight schedule. After making a call on 123.025 on my position and direction of flight I spotted one other helicopter traffic off my nose at about 5 miles and 500 feet making high angle of bank (aob) right hand orbiting turns. As our distance from one another closed his orbit shifted further south toward my position. I continued to veer to the right attempting to turn away from his right hand orbit. As our distance closed it became necessary to take evasive action and we both were forced to make large right hand turns to avoid a 'close call'. As I rolled wings level to get back on course and get eyes on the other aircraft I looked at my position on the GPS and realized I had just clipped the corner of class B airspace.in hindsight I should not have been flying an aircraft that close to controlled airspace to save time on a tight flight schedule. I should have corrected further north of the other helicopter when I first identified the traffic to avoid the air to air conflict and the airspace incursion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BK-117 helicopter pilot reported an inadvertent Class B incursion during a maneuver to avoid another helicopter.

Narrative: LAX Tower would not grant helicopter traffic to cross under their westerly takeoffs over the coast. I chose to fly back to Santa Monica then fly east to circumnavigate the Class B airspace; as close as possible to save time on a compressed flight schedule. After making a call on 123.025 on my position and direction of flight I spotted one other helicopter traffic off my nose at about 5 miles and 500 feet making high Angle Of Bank (AOB) right hand orbiting turns. As our distance from one another closed his orbit shifted further south toward my position. I continued to veer to the right attempting to turn away from his right hand orbit. As our distance closed it became necessary to take evasive action and we both were forced to make large right hand turns to avoid a 'close call'. As I rolled wings level to get back on course and get eyes on the other aircraft I looked at my position on the GPS and realized I had just clipped the corner of Class B airspace.In hindsight I should not have been flying an aircraft that close to controlled airspace to save time on a tight flight schedule. I should have corrected further north of the other helicopter when I first identified the traffic to avoid the air to air conflict and the airspace incursion.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1407660
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MBB-BK 117 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Horizontal 3000 Vertical 200

Bk-117 helicopter pilot reported an inadvertent class B incursion during a maneuver to avoid another helicopter.