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Attributes | |
ACN | 477990 |
Time | |
Date | 200007 |
Day | Thu |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : bjc.airport |
State Reference | CO |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : bjc.tower |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Cessna 180 Skywagon |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Navigation In Use | other |
Flight Phase | cruise : level |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 300 |
ASRS Report | 477990 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : local |
Qualification | controller : non radar |
Events | |
Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited penetrated airspace |
Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On a pleasure, aerial photo flight, I misjudged class D boundaries for jeffco and encroached about 1 mi into class D airspace. Was monitoring tower, so when they called I talked to them, explained my error and apologized.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A C180 ENTERED THE SIDE OF CLASS D AIRSPACE BY MISTAKE WHILE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AND EXITED AT ONCE. SINCE SHE WAS MONITORING THE TWR, SHE APOLOGIZED TO THE CTLR.
Narrative: ON A PLEASURE, AERIAL PHOTO FLT, I MISJUDGED CLASS D BOUNDARIES FOR JEFFCO AND ENCROACHED ABOUT 1 MI INTO CLASS D AIRSPACE. WAS MONITORING TWR, SO WHEN THEY CALLED I TALKED TO THEM, EXPLAINED MY ERROR AND APOLOGIZED.
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.