Narrative:

I marked 'passenger flight' above, not because I had paying passenger, but I was doing a favor for my friend by picking up his mom so she could see his college graduation. We were on a tight schedule, so once I landed at yip (having come from aid) I did everything as expediently as possible. This caused me to leave my sectional in the back seat. I realized this on takeoff, but it didn't bother me since I had just come into the area using it, and I had set my LORAN for navigation before takeoff. I made the mistake of making my chief concern my passenger, who had never been in a light aircraft previously. It was very choppy (turbulence) after takeoff, and I knew from having just come in that it was that way below 7500 ft MSL. Fearful of my passenger getting airsick, I foolishly focused most of my attention on getting above 7500 ft MSL as quickly as possible. Because my sectional was not in my lap (as it usually is), I didn't have a reminder that I was directly below detroit's TCA, which began at 3300 ft MSL where I was. I unknowingly climbed up into the TCA, when at 3500 ft MSL, the yip controller who had not yet cleared me of the area (frequency change approved), reminded me of my altitude (being reported by mode C) and the altitude and which the TCA began. He 'suggested' I descend to under 3300 ft MSL, as this could be a possible airspace violation. I'm thankful for the controller's reminder, or I probably would have continued climbing higher into the TCA. I immediately descended to 3100 ft MSL, where I stayed until clear of the area. I was negligent in that I allowed the possibility of my passenger getting motion sickness to override my orientation with my immediate surroundings, which turned out to be directly under a TCA.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PVT PLT OF AN SMA SEL CLBED INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE AFTER DEPARTING FROM AN UNDERLYING ARPT OF THE TCA.

Narrative: I MARKED 'PAX FLT' ABOVE, NOT BECAUSE I HAD PAYING PAX, BUT I WAS DOING A FAVOR FOR MY FRIEND BY PICKING UP HIS MOM SO SHE COULD SEE HIS COLLEGE GRADUATION. WE WERE ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE, SO ONCE I LANDED AT YIP (HAVING COME FROM AID) I DID EVERYTHING AS EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. THIS CAUSED ME TO LEAVE MY SECTIONAL IN THE BACK SEAT. I REALIZED THIS ON TKOF, BUT IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME SINCE I HAD JUST COME INTO THE AREA USING IT, AND I HAD SET MY LORAN FOR NAV BEFORE TKOF. I MADE THE MISTAKE OF MAKING MY CHIEF CONCERN MY PAX, WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN A LIGHT ACFT PREVIOUSLY. IT WAS VERY CHOPPY (TURB) AFTER TKOF, AND I KNEW FROM HAVING JUST COME IN THAT IT WAS THAT WAY BELOW 7500 FT MSL. FEARFUL OF MY PAX GETTING AIRSICK, I FOOLISHLY FOCUSED MOST OF MY ATTN ON GETTING ABOVE 7500 FT MSL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE MY SECTIONAL WAS NOT IN MY LAP (AS IT USUALLY IS), I DIDN'T HAVE A REMINDER THAT I WAS DIRECTLY BELOW DETROIT'S TCA, WHICH BEGAN AT 3300 FT MSL WHERE I WAS. I UNKNOWINGLY CLBED UP INTO THE TCA, WHEN AT 3500 FT MSL, THE YIP CTLR WHO HAD NOT YET CLRED ME OF THE AREA (FREQ CHANGE APPROVED), REMINDED ME OF MY ALT (BEING RPTED BY MODE C) AND THE ALT AND WHICH THE TCA BEGAN. HE 'SUGGESTED' I DSND TO UNDER 3300 FT MSL, AS THIS COULD BE A POSSIBLE AIRSPACE VIOLATION. I'M THANKFUL FOR THE CTLR'S REMINDER, OR I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CONTINUED CLBING HIGHER INTO THE TCA. I IMMEDIATELY DSNDED TO 3100 FT MSL, WHERE I STAYED UNTIL CLR OF THE AREA. I WAS NEGLIGENT IN THAT I ALLOWED THE POSSIBILITY OF MY PAX GETTING MOTION SICKNESS TO OVERRIDE MY ORIENTATION WITH MY IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE DIRECTLY UNDER A TCA.

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.