<< >> NASA ASRS Report 898522, July 2010

A military B737 on a navigation system test flight exited the MOA in which it was operating VFR. Quick action by ATC and the flight crew corrected the error.

Attributes
ACN	898522
Time
Date	201007
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Other MOA
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 16500 Flight Crew Type 250
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 29 Flight Crew Total 14500 Flight Crew Type 273
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

Narrative:

During testing in the MOA; at completion of test point; aircraft spilled out of the northern boundary during a turn to set up for next test point. Aircraft was already in turn to correct when notified by ATC that the spill out had occurred. No other aircraft in vicinity and totally VFR at time of spill out. Incident could have been prevented if a different setup had been called for. Loss of situational awareness while concentrating on test card also contributed to spill out. Should have added more buffer to prevent overshoot of boundary.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A military B737 on a navigation system test flight exited the MOA in which it was operating VFR. Quick action by ATC and the flight crew corrected the error.

Narrative: During Testing in the MOA; at completion of test point; aircraft spilled out of the northern boundary during a turn to set up for next test point. Aircraft was already in turn to correct when notified by ATC that the spill out had occurred. No other aircraft in vicinity and totally VFR at time of spill out. Incident could have been prevented if a different setup had been called for. Loss of situational awareness while concentrating on test card also contributed to spill out. Should have added more buffer to prevent overshoot of boundary.

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.