A pilot violated the cvg football tfr because he thought the game started much later but as he appro...

Attributes
ACN	1125195
Time
Date	201310
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

Watching the news in the morning I knew the cincinnati bengals had a home game. The station said their coverage was at 1930. I checked weather and tfr's on my nexus 7 using avare. I also have a garmin GPS with xm WX and it shows tfr's. Neither shows sports tfr's. Returning from a trip to 0i8 and heading north VFR I noticed people in the stadium. I still thought the game started at 1930 so I just figured fans were partying in the stadium pregame. Just to be safe I went as far west as I could staying inches outside of the cvg airspace. Looking at my tac chart it was too close to call whether I was far enough away. In hindsight; the tv stations coverage of the game was for after the game. The game started earlier. I had a chance to do a 180 when I first saw; what appeared to be; people in the station but I was convinced kickoff was at 1930 and didn't process that I might be wrong. I normally call FSS on cross country flights or any flight with weather issues. FSS generally does not inform us of sports tfr's; as I recall. It would be nice if xm included them.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot violated the CVG Football TFR because he thought the game started much later but as he approached; it appeared the game was in progress so he attempted to divert around it but may not have.

Narrative: Watching the news in the morning I knew the Cincinnati Bengals had a home game. The station said their coverage was at 1930. I checked weather and TFR's on my Nexus 7 using AVARE. I also have a Garmin GPS with XM WX and it shows TFR's. Neither shows sports TFR's. Returning from a trip to 0I8 and heading north VFR I noticed people in the stadium. I still thought the game started at 1930 so I just figured fans were partying in the stadium pregame. Just to be safe I went as far west as I could staying inches outside of the CVG airspace. Looking at my TAC chart it was too close to call whether I was far enough away. In hindsight; the TV stations coverage of the game was for AFTER the game. The game started earlier. I had a chance to do a 180 when I first saw; what appeared to be; people in the station but I was convinced kickoff was at 1930 and didn't process that I might be wrong. I normally call FSS on cross country flights or any flight with weather issues. FSS generally does not inform us of sports TFR's; as I recall. It would be nice if XM included them.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A pilot violated the cvg football tfr because he thought the game started much later but as he approached; it appeared the game was in progress so he attempted to divert around it but may not have.