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An small transport helicopter flight crew finds themselves inside class C airspace, but not in radio communication with the tower when the approach controller failed to coordination or handoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 376030 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199708 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz tower : zzz |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 376030 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Aircraft departed a downtown heliport about 10 mi northeast of ZZZ. Approach control was called and we were given a code and 'radar contact.' we were told to approach from the northeast. Approximately 2 mi northeast, I asked my copilot to see if they wanted us to contact tower. He called and they switched us to tower (evidently they forgot). Tower asked us where we were. By this time we were on the numbers of runway 21. Tower had not given us permission to land and we were hovering 100 ft short waiting clearance. We contacted tower on the phone and they stated that the handoff had not occurred from approach control to tower. We talked to the tower chief and he requested we contact tower next time we leave the downtown pad. We agreed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN SMT HELI FLC FINDS THEMSELVES INSIDE CLASS C AIRSPACE, BUT NOT IN RADIO COM WITH THE TWR WHEN THE APCH CTLR FAILED TO COORD OR HDOF.
Narrative: ACFT DEPARTED A DOWNTOWN HELIPORT ABOUT 10 MI NE OF ZZZ. APCH CTL WAS CALLED AND WE WERE GIVEN A CODE AND 'RADAR CONTACT.' WE WERE TOLD TO APCH FROM THE NE. APPROX 2 MI NE, I ASKED MY COPLT TO SEE IF THEY WANTED US TO CONTACT TWR. HE CALLED AND THEY SWITCHED US TO TWR (EVIDENTLY THEY FORGOT). TWR ASKED US WHERE WE WERE. BY THIS TIME WE WERE ON THE NUMBERS OF RWY 21. TWR HAD NOT GIVEN US PERMISSION TO LAND AND WE WERE HOVERING 100 FT SHORT WAITING CLRNC. WE CONTACTED TWR ON THE PHONE AND THEY STATED THAT THE HDOF HAD NOT OCCURRED FROM APCH CTL TO TWR. WE TALKED TO THE TWR CHIEF AND HE REQUESTED WE CONTACT TWR NEXT TIME WE LEAVE THE DOWNTOWN PAD. WE AGREED.
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.