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PA-44-180 flight instructor reported exiting penetrated class B airspace without clearance due to aircraft efb failure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1747889 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electronic Flt Bag (EFB) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 232 Flight Crew Total 535 Flight Crew Type 39 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
I am writing this repose because my student and I were climbing out of ZZZ this afternoon when both of our ipads died due to the heat. With our ipads being dead we could not see traffic in the area and so I lost situational awareness as we were climbing out while I had my head up looking for traffic in the surrounding area. As we were climbing out I realized how high we were getting and just as I realized it; I took over the controls and nosed over the aircraft to get out of the bravo shelf. The shelf was 7;000 ft. And we just reached that altitude on the cuff of the shelf; leaving. I know this situation is no excuse and I am not entirely positive that we busted the shelf. I have never came close to the bravo shelf before and I know it was close so I wanted to take action and report it just in case.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-44-180 flight Instructor reported exiting penetrated class B airspace without clearance due to aircraft EFB failure.
Narrative: I am writing this repose because my student and I were climbing out of ZZZ this afternoon when both of our iPads died due to the heat. With our iPads being dead we could not see traffic in the area and so I lost situational awareness as we were climbing out while I had my head up looking for traffic in the surrounding area. As we were climbing out I realized how high we were getting and just as I realized it; I took over the controls and nosed over the aircraft to get out of the Bravo shelf. The shelf was 7;000 ft. and we just reached that altitude on the cuff of the shelf; leaving. I know this situation is no excuse and I am not entirely positive that we busted the shelf. I have never came close to the Bravo shelf before and I know it was close so I wanted to take action and report it just in case.
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.