ATC reports possible P-56 incursion, but disagrees with the report.

Attributes
ACN	494751
Time
Date	200012
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca.airport
State Reference	DC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1200 msl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dca.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure : on vectors departure : noise abatement
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	494751
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	494750
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unkn person
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airspace Structure
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Location: dca departure, northwest. Departure instructions, depart northwest, noise abatement, P-56 avoidance procedure, expect vectors first fix. Turned left to follow the potomac river on departure. Passing 1200 ft, given instructions to expedite through 1400 ft to 1700 ft. At flaps 5 degrees, power set towards 1.70 EPR. Captain (me) called for climb power to expedite climb. Controller gave instructions to turn left to heading 290 degrees, then instructed to maintain 330 degrees. Controller advised received a call for possible deviation into P-56. Controller advised he showed P-56 area clear. Instructed to call dca tower on landing in dfw.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC RPTS POSSIBLE P-56 INCURSION, BUT DISAGREES WITH THE RPT.

Narrative: LOCATION: DCA DEP, NW. DEP INSTRUCTIONS, DEPART NW, NOISE ABATEMENT, P-56 AVOIDANCE PROC, EXPECT VECTORS FIRST FIX. TURNED L TO FOLLOW THE POTOMAC RIVER ON DEP. PASSING 1200 FT, GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO EXPEDITE THROUGH 1400 FT TO 1700 FT. AT FLAPS 5 DEGS, PWR SET TOWARDS 1.70 EPR. CAPT (ME) CALLED FOR CLB PWR TO EXPEDITE CLB. CTLR GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN L TO HDG 290 DEGS, THEN INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN 330 DEGS. CTLR ADVISED RECEIVED A CALL FOR POSSIBLE DEV INTO P-56. CTLR ADVISED HE SHOWED P-56 AREA CLR. INSTRUCTED TO CALL DCA TWR ON LNDG IN DFW.

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.