General aviation pilot descending VFR for frg was notified by frg tower that the aircraft data block...

Narrative:

I was on a descent from a VFR flight inbound to frg from the northwest. I circumnavigated the class B airspace to the north and descended from 7500 ft. I descended to below 3000 ft MSL before crossing under the class B airspace. I called frg tower at 15NM out and was given a left base entry to runway 1. When I was approximately 7 miles out the tower said that my target on radar had a letter 'left' next to it and was not sure what that was for. I am not sure if since I was just outside of the edge of the 'B' airspace that maybe TRACON thought that I was in it. I used an IFR approved waas GPS with a current database and was outside of the airspace at all times. Aside from not being sure as to why I was labeled on the D bright; I am writing this for another purpose as well. I have been flying in and out of long island for 30 years now. I have quite a bit of experience with TRACON and the ATC system. There is an issue that exists now that I have never seen before. For all of my years until recently; unless it was a very busy IFR night; it was always possible to talk to TRACON when crossing over ny's airspace and almost always a class 'B' clearance was given to descend through it. This is logical since once entering class 'B' airspace; TRACON has full control over the VFR traffic as well as all of the jfk; lga; and ewr inbound traffic. My last 14 attempts; over the past 6 months to obtain advisories and/or clearance were immediately answered with a response 'stay clear of class bravo airspace; unable advisories'. I no longer call to ask since it is no longer an option. I hear talk at the airport from many other pilots claiming the same issue. I am not sure what has changed; however I can assure all that a very unsafe condition exists when multiple VFR targets are flying east bound at 7500 ft out of ATC's control; and commercial inbound traffic to ny's airports would need to divert around these targets.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: General aviation pilot descending VFR for FRG was notified by FRG tower that the aircraft data block indicated a possible Class B entry; reporter alleging no violation occurred and indicated N90 has recently refused Class B services.

Narrative: I was on a descent from a VFR flight inbound to FRG from the northwest. I circumnavigated the Class B airspace to the north and descended from 7500 FT. I descended to below 3000 FT MSL before crossing under the Class B airspace. I called FRG tower at 15NM out and was given a left base entry to Runway 1. When I was approximately 7 miles out the tower said that my target on radar had a letter 'L' next to it and was not sure what that was for. I am not sure if since I was just outside of the edge of the 'B' airspace that maybe TRACON thought that I was in it. I used an IFR approved WAAS GPS with a current database and was outside of the airspace at all times. Aside from not being sure as to why I was labeled on the D bright; I am writing this for another purpose as well. I have been flying in and out of Long Island for 30 years now. I have quite a bit of experience with TRACON and the ATC system. There is an issue that exists now that I have never seen before. For all of my years until recently; unless it was a very busy IFR night; it was always possible to talk to TRACON when crossing over NY's airspace and almost always a Class 'B' clearance was given to descend through it. This is logical since once entering Class 'B' airspace; TRACON has full control over the VFR traffic as well as all of the JFK; LGA; and EWR inbound traffic. My last 14 attempts; over the past 6 months to obtain advisories and/or clearance were immediately answered with a response 'Stay clear of Class Bravo airspace; unable advisories'. I no longer call to ask since it is no longer an option. I hear talk at the airport from many other pilots claiming the same issue. I am not sure what has changed; however I can assure all that a very unsafe condition exists when multiple VFR targets are flying east bound at 7500 FT out of ATC's control; and commercial inbound traffic to NY's airports would need to divert around these targets.

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.

Attributes
ACN	850040
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	FRG.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 2 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

General aviation pilot descending VFR for frg was notified by frg tower that the aircraft data block indicated a possible class B entry; reporter alleging no violation occurred and indicated N90 has recently refused class B services.