kjwalker01
Pre-takeoff checklist
This afternoon, I was headed back to Addison and had made my initial call to regional approach, who gave me a heading and altitude (3,000) to fly. This was the bottom of the Class B shelf. I was about 3 miles from the point where the Bravo shelf starts at 2,000 when she handed me off to another approach controller. He was extremely busy on the radio, and I was about to make a turn to avoid the Bravo, when I was able to make my initial contact. He simply replied with my tail # and radar contact, so I called him back and asked if I was cleared into the Bravo. I heard "cleared into the bravo at 2,500," so, not having heard my tail number, I repeated this back to him with my tail number and descended.
About 3 minutes later, he jumped on me for being at 2,500, not at 3,000. I told him that I had heard him clear me at 2,500 and repeated it back, but he was too busy to argue and just told me to get up to 3,000.
That was the end of it, no phone numbers to call, and after a few vectors, cleared me to Addison and kicked me over to the tower. Again, didn't hear a thing about it.
My guess is that I had stepped on his transmission when I asked if I was cleared, and it just so happened that the first thing I heard when I release the mic was that part of his clearance to someone else. I would have expected him to correct me, as I gave my tail # and "cleared into Bravo at 2,500", but it was busy. Looking back, not hearing "Descent to 2,500" should have tipped me off, as well as not hearing the tail number.
I filed an ASRS form just to be safe, but am curious if I should expect to hear anything from anyone on this?
About 3 minutes later, he jumped on me for being at 2,500, not at 3,000. I told him that I had heard him clear me at 2,500 and repeated it back, but he was too busy to argue and just told me to get up to 3,000.
That was the end of it, no phone numbers to call, and after a few vectors, cleared me to Addison and kicked me over to the tower. Again, didn't hear a thing about it.
My guess is that I had stepped on his transmission when I asked if I was cleared, and it just so happened that the first thing I heard when I release the mic was that part of his clearance to someone else. I would have expected him to correct me, as I gave my tail # and "cleared into Bravo at 2,500", but it was busy. Looking back, not hearing "Descent to 2,500" should have tipped me off, as well as not hearing the tail number.
I filed an ASRS form just to be safe, but am curious if I should expect to hear anything from anyone on this?
