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Pilot of an small aircraft sel circumnaved class B airspace when he could not obtain clearance through the airspace due to controller workload frequency congestion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 346350 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : cle |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4500 msl bound upper : 4500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cle |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 24 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1146 |
| ASRS Report | 346350 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was unexpectedly attempting to circumnav cleveland, oh's class B airspace. The originally planned VFR altitude was 8500 ft (which would have been 500 ft above the class B airspace), however, in maintaining VFR (scattered to broken cloud conditions) a cruise altitude of 4500 ft was established early in the flight. Flight following was requested and provided shortly after takeoff. Instead of overflying, as planned, I would now be traversing. Approaching cleveland (from the southeast), the controller advised that 'cleveland approach would not take a radar handoff, squawk VFR and change to en route frequency.' asking for an appropriate frequency, I was given cle's. On switching, the controller was busy and rather than 'bust in' with a transmission, I began descending to stay below the class B. Almost reaching the innermost core and still not reaching the controller, I diverted to the west and circumnaved, reclbing to cruise altitude after clearing the airspace to the w-nw. Remainder of flight was uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMA SEL CIRCUMNAVED CLASS B AIRSPACE WHEN HE COULD NOT OBTAIN CLRNC THROUGH THE AIRSPACE DUE TO CTLR WORKLOAD FREQ CONGESTION.
Narrative: I WAS UNEXPECTEDLY ATTEMPTING TO CIRCUMNAV CLEVELAND, OH'S CLASS B AIRSPACE. THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED VFR ALT WAS 8500 FT (WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN 500 FT ABOVE THE CLASS B AIRSPACE), HOWEVER, IN MAINTAINING VFR (SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUD CONDITIONS) A CRUISE ALT OF 4500 FT WAS ESTABLISHED EARLY IN THE FLT. FLT FOLLOWING WAS REQUESTED AND PROVIDED SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. INSTEAD OF OVERFLYING, AS PLANNED, I WOULD NOW BE TRAVERSING. APCHING CLEVELAND (FROM THE SE), THE CTLR ADVISED THAT 'CLEVELAND APCH WOULD NOT TAKE A RADAR HDOF, SQUAWK VFR AND CHANGE TO ENRTE FREQ.' ASKING FOR AN APPROPRIATE FREQ, I WAS GIVEN CLE'S. ON SWITCHING, THE CTLR WAS BUSY AND RATHER THAN 'BUST IN' WITH A XMISSION, I BEGAN DSNDING TO STAY BELOW THE CLASS B. ALMOST REACHING THE INNERMOST CORE AND STILL NOT REACHING THE CTLR, I DIVERTED TO THE W AND CIRCUMNAVED, RECLBING TO CRUISE ALT AFTER CLRING THE AIRSPACE TO THE W-NW. REMAINDER OF FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL.
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.