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C414 pilot reports class B and possible tfr violation departing smo due to distraction from battery failure in his noise canceling headset.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 838761 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SMO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Chancellor 414A & C414 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3 Flight Crew Total 950 Flight Crew Type 120 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I departed smo on a routine VFR departure. Within one minute of being airborne I heard a loud bang and the noise in the cockpit became very loud so hearing traffic on the radio was difficult. I had been given a frequency for socal by smo but had not yet called when the noise occurred. I thought I lost a window or the door had come open. I made a check of the cabin and found nothing amiss but compared to the normal sounds in the cockpit it was very loud and disorienting. Within a minute I discovered it was the battery of my noise canceling headset that had expired. I was shocked that it would cease to power the device all at once. By this time I was at 3000 ft MSL and had called socal. Subsequently a socal controller (the second one after hand off) told me I was in class B and that I had penetrated the tfr at dodger stadium as well. I don't think I passed within a mile of dodger stadium but I must have. Throughout I was having difficulty hearing ATC and I was disoriented by the noise. I also was distracted by 1) trying to identify the problem. 2) solve the problem by changing headsets. 3) change the battery.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C414 pilot reports Class B and possible TFR violation departing SMO due to distraction from battery failure in his noise canceling headset.
Narrative: I departed SMO on a routine VFR departure. Within one minute of being airborne I heard a loud bang and the noise in the cockpit became very loud so hearing traffic on the radio was difficult. I had been given a frequency for SoCal by SMO but had not yet called when the noise occurred. I thought I lost a window or the door had come open. I made a check of the cabin and found nothing amiss but compared to the normal sounds in the cockpit it was very loud and disorienting. Within a minute I discovered it was the battery of my noise canceling headset that had expired. I was shocked that it would cease to power the device all at once. By this time I was at 3000 FT MSL and had called SoCal. Subsequently a SoCal Controller (the second one after hand off) told me I was in Class B and that I had penetrated the TFR at Dodger Stadium as well. I don't think I passed within a mile of Dodger Stadium but I must have. Throughout I was having difficulty hearing ATC and I was disoriented by the noise. I also was distracted by 1) Trying to identify the problem. 2) Solve the problem by changing headsets. 3) Change the battery.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.