Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3; Flight Crew Total 9500; Flight Crew Type 1530
Distraction; Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Exited Penetrated Airspace; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related
Months with no flying activity due to COVID-19. VFR departure from Runway XX at home non-towered airport. Climbing and turning northwest to clear airport ZZZ. Looking for traffic. Checking ADS-B traffic display. Altitude alert set for 1;500 feet MSL to stay below Class B airspace of 1;700 feet. Scanned instruments in turn and switching frequency to departure when I noticed altitude at 1;900 feet MSL. Immediately descended and made check in call to Departure. Procedural skills were rusty from inactivity.
Small aircraft pilot reported an airspace violation due to rusty flying skills after a long absence from flying during COVID-19.