Narrative:

I was proceeding beneath the new york class B airspace, VFR, on the north side. I was at 2500 ft and was getting bumped around. My passenger was another pilot, and we were talking about the airplane we were flying. I decided to turn away from the class B airspace and climb above the low level bumps. Proceeded north, 22 DME from lga, and climbed to 3500 ft. At that point I suffered an attention lapse and turned direct cmk, which put me 3/4 of a mi into the class B before I discovered it. The cause of this error is obvious, distraction from the navigation tasks at hand. The cure is to reiterate, keep priorities in order, and avoid distrs at high workload times, which in the northeast corridor, is most of the time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PLT OF A BE58 MISTAKENLY FLEW INTO N90 CLASS B WHILE ATTEMPTING TO NAV AROUND THE AIRSPACE. THE RPTR CLAIMS THAT PAX DISTR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ERROR.

Narrative: I WAS PROCEEDING BENEATH THE NEW YORK CLASS B AIRSPACE, VFR, ON THE N SIDE. I WAS AT 2500 FT AND WAS GETTING BUMPED AROUND. MY PAX WAS ANOTHER PLT, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPLANE WE WERE FLYING. I DECIDED TO TURN AWAY FROM THE CLASS B AIRSPACE AND CLB ABOVE THE LOW LEVEL BUMPS. PROCEEDED N, 22 DME FROM LGA, AND CLBED TO 3500 FT. AT THAT POINT I SUFFERED AN ATTN LAPSE AND TURNED DIRECT CMK, WHICH PUT ME 3/4 OF A MI INTO THE CLASS B BEFORE I DISCOVERED IT. THE CAUSE OF THIS ERROR IS OBVIOUS, DISTR FROM THE NAV TASKS AT HAND. THE CURE IS TO REITERATE, KEEP PRIORITIES IN ORDER, AND AVOID DISTRS AT HIGH WORKLOAD TIMES, WHICH IN THE NE CORRIDOR, IS MOST OF THE TIME.

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.