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An AS350-B pilot admitted that he did not know the boundaries of the airspace he was flying, nor did he know the proper frequencys.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 516530 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gmu.airport |
| State Reference | SC |
| Altitude | msl single value : 17000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | AS 350 Astar/Ecureuil |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 8 flight time total : 7807 flight time type : 8 |
| ASRS Report | 516530 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Local area familiarization/ferry flight. Poorly briefed. On the border of airspace (wrong) and on frequency (also wrong). Discovered inside gmu airspace when attempted contact with gsp, who then informed me to correct frequency and agency. Should have adequate chartage, information on hand. Purely a pilot error in not doublechking a normally reliable source.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AS350-B PLT ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THE BOUNDARIES OF THE AIRSPACE HE WAS FLYING, NOR DID HE KNOW THE PROPER FREQS.
Narrative: LCL AREA FAMILIARIZATION/FERRY FLT. POORLY BRIEFED. ON THE BORDER OF AIRSPACE (WRONG) AND ON FREQ (ALSO WRONG). DISCOVERED INSIDE GMU AIRSPACE WHEN ATTEMPTED CONTACT WITH GSP, WHO THEN INFORMED ME TO CORRECT FREQ AND AGENCY. SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE CHARTAGE, INFO ON HAND. PURELY A PLT ERROR IN NOT DOUBLECHKING A NORMALLY RELIABLE SOURCE.
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.