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C140 pilot tries her hand at pilotage and gets lost when darkness starts to fall. Regains her perspective by proceeding towards a large city and realizes she has then possibly penetrated the restr airspace near fort hood, gray army airfield.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 378560 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199708 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : hlr |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3200 msl bound upper : 3600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : grk |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 140 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 155 flight time type : 60 |
| ASRS Report | 378560 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited penetrated airspace flight crew : became reoriented |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
VFR flight in good WX. Navigation using pilotage, map. As dark approached, lost track of reference marks on ground. Possibly violated fort hood restr airspace or gray army airfield airspace. Finally recognized gray army airfield and highway 190 and returned to home airport. I was approximately 30 mi south of my intended flight path. It took approximately 30 extra mins for my return trip (1.8 instead of 1.2). Once I realized I was lost, I headed for the nearest large city, which may have led me to violate restr airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C140 PLT TRIES HER HAND AT PILOTAGE AND GETS LOST WHEN DARKNESS STARTS TO FALL. REGAINS HER PERSPECTIVE BY PROCEEDING TOWARDS A LARGE CITY AND REALIZES SHE HAS THEN POSSIBLY PENETRATED THE RESTR AIRSPACE NEAR FORT HOOD, GRAY ARMY AIRFIELD.
Narrative: VFR FLT IN GOOD WX. NAV USING PILOTAGE, MAP. AS DARK APCHED, LOST TRACK OF REF MARKS ON GND. POSSIBLY VIOLATED FORT HOOD RESTR AIRSPACE OR GRAY ARMY AIRFIELD AIRSPACE. FINALLY RECOGNIZED GRAY ARMY AIRFIELD AND HWY 190 AND RETURNED TO HOME ARPT. I WAS APPROX 30 MI S OF MY INTENDED FLT PATH. IT TOOK APPROX 30 EXTRA MINS FOR MY RETURN TRIP (1.8 INSTEAD OF 1.2). ONCE I REALIZED I WAS LOST, I HEADED FOR THE NEAREST LARGE CITY, WHICH MAY HAVE LED ME TO VIOLATE RESTR 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.