3enginejock
Well-Known Member
Im flying out of riverside a lot. I go to ATP, working on my commercial. Today, while flying from Sacramento to Riverside, we were assigned 2000 feet and a hdg on departure with vectors to a frogo transition then as filed. I was the safety pilot and my partner was the PIC for this leg. We were on a IFR flight plan and we are both private pilots with instrument ratings.
Well we took and got switched to departure, so I make the call and he says "rogers 41b traffic 10 o clock C130 climbinb out of 1000, report in sight"...
So I start looking for this traffic. Meanwhile, were climbing past 2000 feet, before I look back were already at 2500, 500 feet above our assigned altitude. So I tell the pilot to get down quickly we are over our assigned altitude.
Two seconds later the controllers comes on and this is what happens:
Controller: 41B what was your assigned altitude.
Me: 2000 41B.
Controller: Descend and maintain 2000, advise when ready to copy a number I need you to call when you land.
Me: Ready to copy....
I then copied down the number.
Pretty much when we landed the pilot called the number and they told him they had filed a "Pilot Deviation Report" with the Sacramento FSDO and that they should be in touch. He then asked for all of his information. Address/Phone/Pilot Certificate etc.
Im just wondering if any of this can come back on me. I was just a Safety Pilot for that leg, covering Radios, Navigation, and watching for Traffic.
Pretty much everyone ive talked to said it was pretty lame for the controller to do that for just a quick 500 ft over altitude. We were literally there for a split second before the pilot descended back down to 2000. Though he might have kept on climbing had I not warned him lol.
Well we took and got switched to departure, so I make the call and he says "rogers 41b traffic 10 o clock C130 climbinb out of 1000, report in sight"...
So I start looking for this traffic. Meanwhile, were climbing past 2000 feet, before I look back were already at 2500, 500 feet above our assigned altitude. So I tell the pilot to get down quickly we are over our assigned altitude.
Two seconds later the controllers comes on and this is what happens:
Controller: 41B what was your assigned altitude.
Me: 2000 41B.
Controller: Descend and maintain 2000, advise when ready to copy a number I need you to call when you land.
Me: Ready to copy....
I then copied down the number.
Pretty much when we landed the pilot called the number and they told him they had filed a "Pilot Deviation Report" with the Sacramento FSDO and that they should be in touch. He then asked for all of his information. Address/Phone/Pilot Certificate etc.
Im just wondering if any of this can come back on me. I was just a Safety Pilot for that leg, covering Radios, Navigation, and watching for Traffic.
Pretty much everyone ive talked to said it was pretty lame for the controller to do that for just a quick 500 ft over altitude. We were literally there for a split second before the pilot descended back down to 2000. Though he might have kept on climbing had I not warned him lol.