Narrative:

Over cmk VOR at 9500 ft, I established flight following VFR to hfd, with new york approach. On descent and 30 mi from the airport, I began to track an expanding level I and level ii (estimate) thunderstorm activity on radar. Ny terminated the flight following without a handoff to bdl approach control. I contacted hfd tower and commenced to maneuver north around the WX area. I left hfd tower to call bdl approach when I realized that I had inadvertently strayed into bdl class C airspace without first contacting them. I later learned that the B737, was held at altitude to keep out of my way, and then had to go around for another ILS approach. Bdl cleared me to hfd from the north. This incident could have been avoided if I had not been distraction by the WX area, and attempted to maneuver around it without the assistance of radar controllers at bdl. It would not have happened if ny had not terminated me, but handed me off to bdl. Spatial disorientation (position awareness) with distraction was the problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF A BEECH BE55, INADVERTENTLY ENTERED CLASS C AIRSPACE WITHOUT FIRST CONTACTING APCH CTL DUE TO CIRCUMNAVING WX AND BEING PREVIOUSLY TERMINATED BY AN ATC FLT FOLLOWING RESULTING IN A CONFLICT WITH A B737. THE RPTR BELIEVED THAT HE WOULD BE HANDED OFF AUTOMATICALLY TO APCH CTL.

Narrative: OVER CMK VOR AT 9500 FT, I ESTABLISHED FLT FOLLOWING VFR TO HFD, WITH NEW YORK APCH. ON DSCNT AND 30 MI FROM THE ARPT, I BEGAN TO TRACK AN EXPANDING LEVEL I AND LEVEL II (ESTIMATE) TSTM ACTIVITY ON RADAR. NY TERMINATED THE FLT FOLLOWING WITHOUT A HDOF TO BDL APCH CTL. I CONTACTED HFD TWR AND COMMENCED TO MANEUVER N AROUND THE WX AREA. I LEFT HFD TWR TO CALL BDL APCH WHEN I REALIZED THAT I HAD INADVERTENTLY STRAYED INTO BDL CLASS C AIRSPACE WITHOUT FIRST CONTACTING THEM. I LATER LEARNED THAT THE B737, WAS HELD AT ALT TO KEEP OUT OF MY WAY, AND THEN HAD TO GAR FOR ANOTHER ILS APCH. BDL CLRED ME TO HFD FROM THE N. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF I HAD NOT BEEN DISTR BY THE WX AREA, AND ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER AROUND IT WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF RADAR CTLRS AT BDL. IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF NY HAD NOT TERMINATED ME, BUT HANDED ME OFF TO BDL. SPATIAL DISORIENTATION (POS AWARENESS) WITH DISTR WAS THE PROB.

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.