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Pilot of small transport private aircraft inadvertently penetrated an ADIZ due to an aircraft equipment problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 227052 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199211 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sav |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 25000 msl bound upper : 25000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : atlantic enroute airway : zjx |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 227052 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far other anomaly other other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Malfunctioning compass/gyroscope system resulted in substantial course deviation with unintended entry or near entry into ADIZ. Reverted to wet compass to correct.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF SMT PVT ACFT INADVERTENTLY PENETRATED AN ADIZ DUE TO AN ACFT EQUIP PROBLEM.
Narrative: MALFUNCTIONING COMPASS/GYROSCOPE SYS RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL COURSE DEV WITH UNINTENDED ENTRY OR NEAR ENTRY INTO ADIZ. REVERTED TO WET COMPASS TO CORRECT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.