RV-10
Flight Crew Private; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20; Flight Crew Total 3000; Flight Crew Type 680
Confusion; Distraction; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Object; Ground Incursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
While on a descent into ZZZ1 field I inadvertently dipped into ZZZ Class D airspace. Although I am acutely aware of the area airspace and very familiar with ZZZ; a moment of distraction due to very smokey/hazy conditions continued my descent into ZZZ Class D airspace. Upon realizing my mistake I immediately climbed up and clear of their D airspace. My best estimate is 30 seconds inside their airspace.The flight involved 2 passengers whom I invited for a flight and lunch at ZZZ2. It is clear to me that the hazy and smokey conditions contributed to my inattention. However; a much more egregious event occurred upon landing in ZZZ2 and more than anything preoccupied my thoughts. Upon arriving in the pattern at ZZZ2; there were 4 aircraft operating in a left hand pattern using Runway XX. I landed following an aircraft doing touch and goes and pulled off at the intersecting runway. I came face to face with a landing C180 who decided to use the cross runway and very narrowly avoided a collision. In the process of avoiding the landing aircraft I scraped my wingtip on a runway light. In 40 years of flying I have never dented or put a scratch in any airplane and although the damage to my wingtip is minor the event clearly preoccupied my thoughts on the way home and most likely contributed to my inattention to ZZZ's Class D airspace. In most cases when I operate around or especially under the veil our Class B airspace I set my altitude hold thus allowing me to pay more attention to traffic and other tasks. The smokey/hazy condition required hand flying to avoid pockets and areas of lesser visibility. Waiting for a better day would have been a better option.
Pilot reported landing at a non-towered airport and having a ground conflict with an aircraft landing on an intersecting runway. Reporter indicated this event contributed to his inattention to airspace boundaries and an airspace violation later in the day.