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Pilot of a mooney M20 inadvertently climbed into class B airspace when departing a non tower airport underlying the class B airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 500330 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200102 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iad.airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : iad.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | M-20 K (231) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : vacating altitude |
| Route In Use | departure : vfr |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 950 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 500330 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited penetrated airspace |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On climb out of jyo, set altitude preselect to 1400 ft MSL (base of class B airspace was 1500 ft MSL), but forgot to engage autoplt before aircraft climbed to 1800 ft MSL. Immediately descended to 1400 ft MSL.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A MOONEY M20 INADVERTENTLY CLBED INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE WHEN DEPARTING A NON TWR ARPT UNDERLYING THE CLASS B AIRSPACE.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT OF JYO, SET ALT PRESELECT TO 1400 FT MSL (BASE OF CLASS B AIRSPACE WAS 1500 FT MSL), BUT FORGOT TO ENGAGE AUTOPLT BEFORE ACFT CLBED TO 1800 FT MSL. IMMEDIATELY DSNDED TO 1400 FT MSL.
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.