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PA-30 instructor reported losing situational awareness thus allowing his student to unintentionally penetrate class B airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1534134 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | RFD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-30 Twin Comanche |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 152 Flight Crew Total 853 Flight Crew Type 60 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was conducting flight training in a multi-engine PA-30 aircraft west of the chicago class bravo airspace at 4;500 ft. It was my first flight with this particular student and he was not proficient with the aircraft; nor was he from the area. While conducting private pilot maneuvers; I believe we inadvertently entered the class bravo airspace; in the vicinity of the town of hampshire; illinois. We were in the airspace for approximately 10 seconds before I took the controls and descended down to 3;500 ft. The winds were out of the west so there were no airline traffic anywhere in the vicinity of my location. I lost situational awareness while dealing with a new student who was unfamiliar with the area and will not happen again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-30 Instructor reported losing situational awareness thus allowing his student to unintentionally penetrate Class B Airspace.
Narrative: I was conducting flight training in a multi-engine PA-30 aircraft west of the Chicago Class Bravo airspace at 4;500 ft. It was my first flight with this particular student and he was not proficient with the aircraft; nor was he from the area. While conducting private pilot maneuvers; I believe we inadvertently entered the Class Bravo airspace; in the vicinity of the town of Hampshire; Illinois. We were in the airspace for approximately 10 seconds before I took the controls and descended down to 3;500 ft. The winds were out of the west so there were no Airline traffic anywhere in the vicinity of my location. I lost situational awareness while dealing with a new student who was unfamiliar with the area and will not happen again.
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.