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Small transport pilot falsely accused of violating class B airspace. Radar indicated he did not do so.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336384 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : bwi |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6500 msl bound upper : 6500 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : bwi |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 336384 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Was attempting to contact bwi approach and was told to stay clear of class B. Reason for contact was to request class B clearance. Controller accused pilot of violating class B airspace and was told to contact TRACON upon landing. Informed controller that both GPS and DME indicated that at no time was aircraft closer than 20.8 NM. Upon landing at iad telephoned TRACON and supervisor agreed that radar did show that we were outside of class B and controller was wrong. Attitude of original controller was such that he could have caused a less experienced pilot to become upset and emotional. This 'mental' interference caused by TRACON controller was totally unnecessary.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMT PLT FALSELY ACCUSED OF VIOLATING CLASS B AIRSPACE. RADAR INDICATED HE DID NOT DO SO.
Narrative: WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT BWI APCH AND WAS TOLD TO STAY CLR OF CLASS B. REASON FOR CONTACT WAS TO REQUEST CLASS B CLRNC. CTLR ACCUSED PLT OF VIOLATING CLASS B AIRSPACE AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT TRACON UPON LNDG. INFORMED CTLR THAT BOTH GPS AND DME INDICATED THAT AT NO TIME WAS ACFT CLOSER THAN 20.8 NM. UPON LNDG AT IAD TELEPHONED TRACON AND SUPVR AGREED THAT RADAR DID SHOW THAT WE WERE OUTSIDE OF CLASS B AND CTLR WAS WRONG. ATTITUDE OF ORIGINAL CTLR WAS SUCH THAT HE COULD HAVE CAUSED A LESS EXPERIENCED PLT TO BECOME UPSET AND EMOTIONAL. THIS 'MENTAL' INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY TRACON CTLR WAS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY.
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.