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Old March 28th 04, 02:32 PM
Dennis O'Connor
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Save the ground track on your GPS, if it has one...
File an incident report...
Join AOPA in the morning and take out their legal insurance...
If you hear anything further from the feds do not answer any questions,
refer them to your lawyer...
denny

"Chris" wrote in message
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CORRECTION:

Hi everyone,

I have a question for people who fly in CT, and NY often. Today I was

flying from Danbury (DXR) to Brookhaven (HWV). I flew out without

incident.

Coming home I flew from Brookhaven direct to Calverton then to Bridgeport

then direct Danbury using a combination of my sectional chart and GPS as a

backup. The whole route was flown at 3,000 ft with the exception of

takeoff

from Brookhaven and a decent about 8 miles to the south of Danbury. Upon

arrival ground control at Danbury gave me a phone number to contact NY

approach on. I called the number and was transferred to a controller who I

told my call sign the control accused me of flying through the Westchester

County Airports airspace at 2,800 ft. I was never any closer than 15 Miles

of White Plains on my whole route. This is confirmed with my GPS which has

the tracked route stored in it and my by extensive knowledge of the area.

I

also confirmed I was directly over Bridgeport and flew in-between the

lakes

in the area if anyone is familiar with them. The controllers insisted it

was

me and said he tracked me flying over Westchester, I'm absolutely positive

I

was never in the area. He got alittle agitated when I told him I believed

I

was correct and he just demanded it was me for sure. I'm just curious what

anyone else would do in this case. Another aircraft came into Danbury

around

the same times from the south and I think this is a case of mistaken

identity and was accused of busting the class delta for no reason. Are

there

any actions or steps I can take against being falsely accused?

Thanks,

Chris

"Chris" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,
I have a question for people who fly in CT, and NY often. Today I

was
flying from Danbury (DXR) to Brookhaven (HWV). I flew out without

incident.
Coming home I flew from Brookhaven direct to Calverton then to

Bridgeport
then direct Danbury using a combination of my sectional chart and GPS as

a
backup. The whole route was flown at 3,000 ft with the exception of

takeoff
from Brookhaven and a decent about 8 miles to the south of Danbury. Upon
arrival ground control at Danbury gave me a phone number to contact NY
approach on. I called the number and was transferred to a controller who

I
told my call sign the control accused me of flying through the

Westchester
County Airports airspace at 2,800 ft. I was never within more then 20

Miles
of White Plains on my whole route. This is confirmed with my GPS which

has
the tracked route stored in it and my by extensive knowledge of the

area.
I
also confirmed I was directly over Bridgeport and flew in-between the

lakes
in the area if anyone is familiar with them. The controllers insisted it

was
me and said he tracked me flying over Westchester, I'm absolutely

positive
I
was never in the area. He got alittle agitated when I told him I

believed
I
was correct and he just demanded it was me for sure. I'm just curious

what
anyone else would do in this case. Another aircraft came into Danbury

around
the same times from the south and I think this is a case of mistaken
identity and was accused of busting the class delta for no reason. Are

there
any actions or steps I can take against being falsely accused?

Thanks,
Chris