What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: Mr. Gunn is owner of N5543Q & the pilot during this incident. He had one non-pilot passenger aboard the aircraft. On the morning of August 26, 1996, Mr. Gunn made a business flight from Kansas City downtown airport (mkc) to the st. joseph rosecrans airport (stj). During this flight he obtained a class b airspace clearance from mci ATCT. On the return flight, he elected to remain clear of the class b airspace. Mr. Gunn departed the stj airport on a heading of 170 degrees and climbed to an altitude of 2,100 MSL. He planned to fly below the class b airspace and use the "moving map" feature of his GPS navigation unit to circle east of the 6NM surface area of the class b airspace. After circling east of mci, Mr. Gunn said that a heading of 190 degrees would have taken him to the mkc airport. As N5543Q approached the mci area, Mr. Gunn said the GPS unit indicated a failure. At that time he turned to a heading of 120 degrees & contacted mkc control tower. Mkc tower told Mr. Gunn to contact mci approach control & he was notified that N5543Q had penetrated the class b airspace. Mr. Gunn said that he did not have an aeronautical chart aboard the airplane on this flight. Mr. Gunn is a retired airline pilot privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: MR. GUNN IS OWNER OF N5543Q & THE PILOT DURING THIS INCIDENT. HE HAD ONE NON-PILOT PASSENGER ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 26, 1996, MR. GUNN MADE A BUSINESS FLIGHT FROM KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MKC) TO THE ST. JOSEPH ROSECRANS AIRPORT (STJ). DURING THIS FLIGHT HE OBTAINED A CLASS B AIRSPACE CLEARANCE FROM MCI ATCT. ON THE RETURN FLIGHT, HE ELECTED TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. MR. GUNN DEPARTED THE STJ AIRPORT ON A HEADING OF 170 DEGREES AND CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 2,100 MSL. HE PLANNED TO FLY BELOW THE CLASS B AIRSPACE AND USE THE "MOVING MAP" FEATURE OF HIS GPS NAVIGATION UNIT TO CIRCLE EAST OF THE 6NM SURFACE AREA OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. AFTER CIRCLING EAST OF MCI, MR. GUNN SAID THAT A HEADING OF 190 DEGREES WOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM TO THE MKC AIRPORT. AS N5543Q APPROACHED THE MCI AREA, MR. GUNN SAID THE GPS UNIT INDICATED A FAILURE. AT THAT TIME HE TURNED TO A HEADING OF 120 DEGREES & CONTACTED MKC CONTROL TOWER. MKC TOWER TOLD MR. GUNN TO CONTACT MCI APPROACH CONTROL & HE WAS NOTIFIED THAT N5543Q HAD PENETRATED THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. MR. GUNN SAID THAT HE DID NOT HAVE AN AERONAUTICAL CHART ABOARD THE AIRPLANE ON THIS FLIGHT. MR. GUNN IS A RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
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