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Attributes | |
ACN | 369380 |
Time | |
Date | 199705 |
Day | Sun |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | atc facility : bkf |
State Reference | CO |
Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7000 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tracon : den tower : bkf |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear |
Flight Phase | cruise other |
Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 1330 flight time type : 160 |
ASRS Report | 369380 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : departure |
Qualification | controller : radar |
Events | |
Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other controllera |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Operational Deviation |
Narrative:
Cleared for touch and go at den runway 17L. Tower issued windshear alert. Maintained descent on final. Wind picked up, a direct crosswind of 35 KTS (estimated), 90 degrees to runway. Was unable to touch down due to strong gusty winds. Per tower instructions I was to climb out straight runway heading and call out when ftg is in sight. Because of thunderstorm decided to go direct apa (centennial) instead. Called tower and told them my decision. Tower confirmed and assigned heading 210 degrees and descend to 7000 ft. We complied. Tower called out traffic departing parallel runways, this is why we were to descend. We had traffic in sight. No factor. Tower handed us off to departure frequency. Contacted departure. 'XXX is with you level 7000 ft.' I was in radar contact with departure, squawking an assigned code. Departure was busy with den traffic deviating around thunderstorm cells. The heading and altitude we were at put us right over buckley class D airspace, over south end of runway. At this point den departure told us to squawk VFR and contact centennial tower 118.9. We did and landed. Centennial tower told us buckley air force base would like to talk to us. I called, told them my story. Controller said den had given him an IFR release for 2 F16's and about the time he was going to clear them for takeoff, we were over his runway in his airspace. Controller said he was going to call den departure and write a violation against them because den never cleared us through the class D. During flight I assumed departure contacted buckley tower, and cleared us, though this was not the case. The handoff from den departure to centennial tower was in buckley tower's airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA23 PLT IS VECTORED THROUGH BKF CLASS D AIRSPACE WITHOUT COORD BY DEN APCH CTL.
Narrative: CLRED FOR TOUCH AND GO AT DEN RWY 17L. TWR ISSUED WINDSHEAR ALERT. MAINTAINED DSCNT ON FINAL. WIND PICKED UP, A DIRECT XWIND OF 35 KTS (ESTIMATED), 90 DEGS TO RWY. WAS UNABLE TO TOUCH DOWN DUE TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PER TWR INSTRUCTIONS I WAS TO CLB OUT STRAIGHT RWY HEADING AND CALL OUT WHEN FTG IS IN SIGHT. BECAUSE OF TSTM DECIDED TO GO DIRECT APA (CENTENNIAL) INSTEAD. CALLED TWR AND TOLD THEM MY DECISION. TWR CONFIRMED AND ASSIGNED HDG 210 DEGS AND DSND TO 7000 FT. WE COMPLIED. TWR CALLED OUT TFC DEPARTING PARALLEL RWYS, THIS IS WHY WE WERE TO DSND. WE HAD TFC IN SIGHT. NO FACTOR. TWR HANDED US OFF TO DEP FREQ. CONTACTED DEP. 'XXX IS WITH YOU LEVEL 7000 FT.' I WAS IN RADAR CONTACT WITH DEP, SQUAWKING AN ASSIGNED CODE. DEP WAS BUSY WITH DEN TFC DEVIATING AROUND TSTM CELLS. THE HEADING AND ALT WE WERE AT PUT US RIGHT OVER BUCKLEY CLASS D AIRSPACE, OVER S END OF RWY. AT THIS POINT DEN DEP TOLD US TO SQUAWK VFR AND CONTACT CENTENNIAL TWR 118.9. WE DID AND LANDED. CENTENNIAL TWR TOLD US BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO US. I CALLED, TOLD THEM MY STORY. CTLR SAID DEN HAD GIVEN HIM AN IFR RELEASE FOR 2 F16'S AND ABOUT THE TIME HE WAS GOING TO CLR THEM FOR TKOF, WE WERE OVER HIS RWY IN HIS AIRSPACE. CTLR SAID HE WAS GOING TO CALL DEN DEP AND WRITE A VIOLATION AGAINST THEM BECAUSE DEN NEVER CLRED US THROUGH THE CLASS D. DURING FLT I ASSUMED DEP CONTACTED BUCKLEY TWR, AND CLRED US, THOUGH THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. THE HDOF FROM DEN DEP TO CENTENNIAL TWR WAS IN BUCKLEY TWR'S AIRSPACE.
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.