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FAR 91.130 and the Definite Article
Concerening arrival and flight through Class C airspace... 91.130(c)(1) Each person must establish two-way radio communications with the ATC facility [...] providing air traffic services prior to entering that airspace and thereafter maintain those communications while within that airspace. Note the use of "THE" in reference to the ATC facility to which one has to talk. Does this mean THE specific ATC facility controlling the Class C airspace? Or just the ATC facility providing services to you at the time? In other words, if you blunder into Class C while talking to Center on VFR advisories, either perhaps because they forgot to hand you off or because you wandered off altitude and they didn't notice, would you be ok, or would you be busted? |
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FAR 91.130 and the Definite Article
On 8 Feb 2006 14:05:06 -0800, "Mike Granby" wrote in
om:: Does this mean THE specific ATC facility controlling the Class C airspace? The ATC facility in question would be that facility providing Approach Control services. Or just the ATC facility providing services to you at the time? In other words, if you blunder into Class C while talking to Center on VFR advisories, either perhaps because they forgot to hand you off or because you wandered off altitude and they didn't notice, would you be ok, or would you be busted? If the ARTTC is not providing Approach Control services to the airport is probably not coordinating arrivals with the tower. (Of course, this all presumes VFR operation.) You're only busted if the controller files a Pilot Deviation form against you. |
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FAR 91.130 and the Definite Article
Larry Dighera wrote:
On 8 Feb 2006 14:05:06 -0800, "Mike Granby" wrote in . com:: Does this mean THE specific ATC facility controlling the Class C airspace? The ATC facility in question would be that facility providing Approach Control services. I had a bizarre experience a while ago along these lines. Had VFR flight following from Bradley Approach into Hartford/Brainard. Getting close to the edge of Hartford's Class D, I tried to get the controller's attention to ask for a frequency change, but the freq was busy and I couldn't break in. Eventually, I found a hole and he turned me over to HFD tower, but by that time I was deep in the CDAS. I had (naively?) assumed he had coordinated with HFD, but apparantly not. I got the "call me when you land" deal, and when I called, the tower controller proceeded to rip me a new one on the phone. She didn't seem interested that I was talking to BDL. I pointed out that I couldn't just drop off BDL's freq without permission, and she asked me if I had two radios in the plane, and said I should have called them on the second one. I let the HFD tower controller vent (and mostly restricted my responses to "Yes, Ma'am"), and nothing more came of it. My guess is the approach controller just forgot about me. I suppose I could have done a 180, but I had no reason to believe anything was strange until it was too late. I fly out of HPN, and I'm used to NY Approach sometimes holding on to me until I'm inside HPN's CDAS; I didn't see any reason why this should be any different. |
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FAR 91.130 and the Definite Article
Every time I've ever read or discussed this, the answer was that I had
to establish the communications with the Class C ATC. If it was not established, do not enter. With an instructor, I was leaving SSF (Stinson, Class D ) and going back to SAT (San Antonio Class C) , and as was your situation we could not get 2-way established due to traffic. The instructor has us do a 180 so as not to intrude on the Class C improperly. That pretty much established the rules to me; I believe you could be busted. |
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FAR 91.130 and the Definite Article
"Roy Smith" wrote in message ... I had (naively?) assumed he had coordinated with HFD, but apparantly not. I got the "call me when you land" deal, and when I called, the tower controller proceeded to rip me a new one on the phone. She didn't seem interested that I was talking to BDL. I pointed out that I couldn't just drop off BDL's freq without permission, and she asked me if I had two radios in the plane, and said I should have called them on the second one. I let the HFD tower controller vent (and mostly restricted my responses to "Yes, Ma'am"), and nothing more came of it. My guess is the approach controller just forgot about me. I suppose I could have done a 180, but I had no reason to believe anything was strange until it was too late. I fly out of HPN, and I'm used to NY Approach sometimes holding on to me until I'm inside HPN's CDAS; I didn't see any reason why this should be any different. I've heard this happen a number of times "nextdoor" to you at Republic. Each time the pilot was very confused as to why they were being yelled at by the tower. It seems to me an area that could use some improvement by the FAA. I believe the proper phrase the Approach controller should use when not handing off to a Class D tower is, "Radar service terminated, squawk VFR, frequency change approved" as opposed to a straight "Contact Republic Tower on 118.8." If Approach used the latter and the tower still had an issue, I would think you have a valid point. Does ATC even *do* VFR hand-offs to a Class D tower from flight following? I can't recall ever getting one. Marco Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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FAR 91.130 and the Definite Article
Getting close to the edge of Hartford's Class D, I tried to get the
controller's attention to ask for a frequency change, but the freq was busy and I couldn't break in. Eventually, I found a hole and he turned me over to HFD tower, but by that time I was deep in the CDAS. I had (naively?) assumed he had coordinated with HFD, but apparantly not. I got the "call me when you land" deal, and when I called, the tower controller proceeded to rip me a new one on the phone. We had this EXACT thing happen to us, flying into Class D Janesville (KJVL), WI while utilizing Rockford Approach (KRFD) for VFR flight following. I wrote about the incident here, and the conversation went on for weeks -- so don't expect a consensus view of this type of affair. It's the only time Mary and I have felt the need to file a NASA report. Now, when we fly into KJVL, we cut Rockford Approach off 15 miles out. When coming into Class D (for DUMB) airspace, approach control has proven themselves to be far more trouble than they're worth. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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FAR 91.130 and the Definite Article
"Marco Leon" mleon(at)optonline.net wrote:
Does ATC even *do* VFR hand-offs to a Class D tower from flight following? They certainly do at HPN. You (pretty much) can't get into HPN (Class D) without talking to NY Approach first and getting a squawk. Tower knows you're coming before you even call them. If you call up HPN Tower cold, they (usually) tell you to remain clear of the CDAS and contact NY Approach for sequencing. But, then again, HPN seems to operate in their own little universe of procedures, unlike any other Class D I've ever been to. |
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FAR 91.130 and the Definite Article
I was approaching Rockford frome the north and apparently nicked the
very edge of Janeville Class D while talking to Rockford Approach the whole time and Rockford jumped all over me about it. There is something weird going on with those two. -- Gene Seibel Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html Because we fly, we envy no one. |
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