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Pilot of a bellanca BL17 failed to cruise at the appropriate VFR altitude during a no flight plan VFR cross country flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 483120 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cak.airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl single value : 6500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pit.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Viking |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 483120 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
En route from 15G to 9g7. Requested cruise altitude of 6500 ft. Request approved by akron-canton approach and subsequently pittsburgh approach. Upon completion of flight, realized requested altitude was inappropriate for eastbound travel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A BELLANCA BL17 FAILED TO CRUISE AT THE APPROPRIATE VFR ALT DURING A NO FLT PLAN VFR XCOUNTRY FLT.
Narrative: ENRTE FROM 15G TO 9G7. REQUESTED CRUISE ALT OF 6500 FT. REQUEST APPROVED BY AKRON-CANTON APCH AND SUBSEQUENTLY PITTSBURGH APCH. UPON COMPLETION OF FLT, REALIZED REQUESTED ALT WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR EBOUND TRAVEL.
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.