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Air carrier first officer reported a P56 airspace violation after the control tower instructed the flight crew to square turn to final while on the river visual runway 19 to dca airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1637889 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201904 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DCA.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Other RIVER VISUAL RWY 19 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Captain was flying river visual to runway 19 dca. Washington tower asked us to square our turn to final. The captain complied; but it turns out that the aircraft touched P-56. On taxi in; ground control asked us to call potomac approach. The captain complied and at the end of the short conversation; potomac said that the previous two aircraft (different airlines) were asked the same request from tower and that they too had touched P-56. Two things; have P-56 waypoint as a reference point on navigation display on approach and to get washington tower to never issue ATC instructions to square the turn to final runway 19.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer reported a P56 airspace violation after the Control Tower instructed the flight crew to square turn to final while on the RIVER VISUAL RWY 19 to DCA airport.
Narrative: Captain was flying River Visual to Runway 19 DCA. Washington Tower asked us to square our turn to final. The Captain complied; but it turns out that the aircraft touched P-56. On taxi in; Ground Control asked us to call Potomac Approach. The Captain complied and at the end of the short conversation; Potomac said that the previous two aircraft (different airlines) were asked the same request from Tower and that they too had touched P-56. Two things; have P-56 waypoint as a reference point on NAV display on approach and to get Washington Tower to never issue ATC instructions to square the turn to final Runway 19.
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.