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B737-300 flight crew unknowingly entered prohibited airspace P56 during initial climb from runway 01 at dca.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 542961 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200204 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca.airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dca.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 542961 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Departing runway 01 at dca, complied with noise abatement climb procedure. Tower instructed us to turn left immediately, no heading reference given, and check transponder on. I turned left as instructed and captain recycled transponder. Contacted department and copied a phone number. On arrival at destination, were met by FAA, secret service and chief pilot. They informed us we were close to prohibited airspace P56.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-300 FLC UNKNOWINGLY ENTERED PROHIBITED AIRSPACE P56 DURING INITIAL CLIMB FROM RWY 01 AT DCA.
Narrative: DEPARTING RWY 01 AT DCA, COMPLIED WITH NOISE ABATEMENT CLIMB PROCEDURE. TWR INSTRUCTED US TO TURN L IMMEDIATELY, NO HEADING REFERENCE GIVEN, AND CHK TRANSPONDER ON. I TURNED L AS INSTRUCTED AND CAPT RECYCLED TRANSPONDER. CONTACTED DEPT AND COPIED A PHONE NUMBER. ON ARRIVAL AT DEST, WERE MET BY FAA, SECRET SERVICE AND CHIEF PLT. THEY INFORMED US WE WERE CLOSE TO PROHIBITED AIRSPACE P56.
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.