 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
ZLA controller declared emergency for B737-700 entering restricted area because of required WX diversions and inability to turn as requested.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 804481 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200809 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bur.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 22000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 272 flight time type : 1871 |
| ASRS Report | 804481 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry inflight encounter : weather |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airspace Structure Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
We were cleared to deviate around WX on the arrival. We were going between 2 cells. The captain checked off to situation the flight attendants down for the WX. ZLA then asked me to turn left; which would have put us into the WX. Then they wanted me to turn to the right and back around the other way. This would have put us into another cell. Center then informed us that we were entering restr airspace. Center then said that they will treat us as an emergency and to squawk 7700. Once we were clear of the WX; we exited restr airspace and center then told us to return to our original squawk. It would have been good to know about the restr airspace either via center or an overlay option available on our mfd. If we saw how we were going to get boxed in; maybe we could have stayed higher and gone over the WX.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZLA CTLR DECLARED EMER FOR B737-700 ENTERING RESTRICTED AREA BECAUSE OF REQUIRED WX DIVERSIONS AND INABILITY TO TURN AS REQUESTED.
Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO DEVIATE AROUND WX ON THE ARR. WE WERE GOING BTWN 2 CELLS. THE CAPT CHKED OFF TO SIT THE FLT ATTENDANTS DOWN FOR THE WX. ZLA THEN ASKED ME TO TURN L; WHICH WOULD HAVE PUT US INTO THE WX. THEN THEY WANTED ME TO TURN TO THE R AND BACK AROUND THE OTHER WAY. THIS WOULD HAVE PUT US INTO ANOTHER CELL. CTR THEN INFORMED US THAT WE WERE ENTERING RESTR AIRSPACE. CTR THEN SAID THAT THEY WILL TREAT US AS AN EMER AND TO SQUAWK 7700. ONCE WE WERE CLR OF THE WX; WE EXITED RESTR AIRSPACE AND CTR THEN TOLD US TO RETURN TO OUR ORIGINAL SQUAWK. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT THE RESTR AIRSPACE EITHER VIA CTR OR AN OVERLAY OPTION AVAILABLE ON OUR MFD. IF WE SAW HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET BOXED IN; MAYBE WE COULD HAVE STAYED HIGHER AND GONE OVER THE WX.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.