A C172 pipeline inspection pilot gets vectored into a recently established restr airspace by the app...

Attributes
ACN	458509
Time
Date	199912
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
State Reference	LA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 800 msl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	458509
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : exited penetrated airspace
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Airspace Structure Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

There was a temporary restr due to a hostage situation at the st martinsville parish prison. The restr was 9.5 DME on the lft 117 degree radial. I was on a routine pipeline patrol in the vicinity of st martinsville, la. Contact with lafayette approach had been made several mins prior to this event. I asked the controller for assistance to avoid the restr area. I was on a 150 degree heading into the area at 800-1000 ft MSL. The controller called me and asked what my course was. I said '1 mi on this heading then south to new iberia.' he gave me a vector of 240 degrees and I immediately complied. After turning to 240 degrees, I asked the size of the restr space. He replied 3 mi. He then asked me where I needed to go and I replied with west of new iberia. He cleared me direct to acadiana regional and told me to switch to their tower frequency. Upon contact with acadiana, I said I needed east of the airport, and I was trying to avoid the restr airspace. He told me that lafayette contacted him and said I was in the middle of the restr area. I told the controller I was switching back to lafayette, since he could not help me. I contacted him and said I was in the middle of the restr area. I contacted lafayette, told the controller that new iberia didn't know where the restr was and I needed to get out of it. The controller was laughing and said 'you are on top of it or you just flew threw it.' no other communications occurred until lafayette said I was clear of their airspace. My suggestion to help resolve sits like this are: 1) the controller could have given me distance calls while approaching the airspace. That would have given me time to plan a route. 2) he gave me a vector of 240 degrees, which was in the opposite direction then direct to ara. He could have given a vector that would have directed me away from the area. 3) he should have kept me with lafayette (which is class C airspace) instead of switching me to ara (which is class D airspace) and no radar. There was very little traffic that day and should have been acceptable.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 PIPELINE INSPECTION PLT GETS VECTORED INTO A RECENTLY ESTABLISHED RESTR AIRSPACE BY THE APCH CTLR AT LFT, LA.

Narrative: THERE WAS A TEMPORARY RESTR DUE TO A HOSTAGE SIT AT THE ST MARTINSVILLE PARISH PRISON. THE RESTR WAS 9.5 DME ON THE LFT 117 DEG RADIAL. I WAS ON A ROUTINE PIPELINE PATROL IN THE VICINITY OF ST MARTINSVILLE, LA. CONTACT WITH LAFAYETTE APCH HAD BEEN MADE SEVERAL MINS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. I ASKED THE CTLR FOR ASSISTANCE TO AVOID THE RESTR AREA. I WAS ON A 150 DEG HDG INTO THE AREA AT 800-1000 FT MSL. THE CTLR CALLED ME AND ASKED WHAT MY COURSE WAS. I SAID '1 MI ON THIS HDG THEN S TO NEW IBERIA.' HE GAVE ME A VECTOR OF 240 DEGS AND I IMMEDIATELY COMPLIED. AFTER TURNING TO 240 DEGS, I ASKED THE SIZE OF THE RESTR SPACE. HE REPLIED 3 MI. HE THEN ASKED ME WHERE I NEEDED TO GO AND I REPLIED WITH W OF NEW IBERIA. HE CLRED ME DIRECT TO ACADIANA REGIONAL AND TOLD ME TO SWITCH TO THEIR TWR FREQ. UPON CONTACT WITH ACADIANA, I SAID I NEEDED E OF THE ARPT, AND I WAS TRYING TO AVOID THE RESTR AIRSPACE. HE TOLD ME THAT LAFAYETTE CONTACTED HIM AND SAID I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESTR AREA. I TOLD THE CTLR I WAS SWITCHING BACK TO LAFAYETTE, SINCE HE COULD NOT HELP ME. I CONTACTED HIM AND SAID I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESTR AREA. I CONTACTED LAFAYETTE, TOLD THE CTLR THAT NEW IBERIA DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE RESTR WAS AND I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF IT. THE CTLR WAS LAUGHING AND SAID 'YOU ARE ON TOP OF IT OR YOU JUST FLEW THREW IT.' NO OTHER COMS OCCURRED UNTIL LAFAYETTE SAID I WAS CLR OF THEIR AIRSPACE. MY SUGGESTION TO HELP RESOLVE SITS LIKE THIS ARE: 1) THE CTLR COULD HAVE GIVEN ME DISTANCE CALLS WHILE APCHING THE AIRSPACE. THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME TIME TO PLAN A RTE. 2) HE GAVE ME A VECTOR OF 240 DEGS, WHICH WAS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THEN DIRECT TO ARA. HE COULD HAVE GIVEN A VECTOR THAT WOULD HAVE DIRECTED ME AWAY FROM THE AREA. 3) HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT ME WITH LAFAYETTE (WHICH IS CLASS C AIRSPACE) INSTEAD OF SWITCHING ME TO ARA (WHICH IS CLASS D AIRSPACE) AND NO RADAR. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TFC THAT DAY AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTABLE.

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.

A C172 pipeline inspection pilot gets vectored into a recently established restr airspace by the approach controller at lft, la.