Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15; Flight Crew Total 450
Other / Unknown; Workload
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Manuals; Procedure; Airspace Structure; Company Policy
My aircraft does not have ADSB. If I depart Merrill to the north and do not receive the Part 93 deviation from ATC; then because of the combination of Part 93 and the ADSB requirement over Anchorage Class C; I am required to fly over Cook Inlet below 600 ft. MSL; which puts the aircraft in a position out of gliding distance to land. Recent local memory has multiple examples of this situation ending in a fatality. There is a large number of general aviation aircraft operating in the Anchorage area that are ADSB negative and that fatal outcome is likely to occur again in the future due to the airspace rule combinations currently in place.
General Aviation pilot who operates in the Anchorage Alaska terminal area reports complying with local Special Federal Air Regulations places aircraft in a position that they are unable to safely reach an airport to land in the case of an engine out landing.