Pilot receives clearance to fly through the gfk AFB tfr. Controller then terminates the flight while...

Narrative:

On a VFR cross country training flight; the planned course took the flight through the tfr. Upon departing local controller handed us off to grand forks departure where ATC radar contacted us. At that point we requested transition through the grand forks air force base tfr; and gfk department told us that; 'transition through the tfr approved.' we acknowledged our clearance through the tfr and proceeded on course. I was telling my student that since we are in the tfr we have to be on with gfk department until we are clear of the tfr as listed in the notams. After some time had passed; ATC advised us that 'radar services terminated; squawk VFR and frequency changed approved.' at that point we acknowledged back; then tuned into FSS (grand forks radio) to open our flight plan. Once we changed over to open our flight plan; FSS (grand forks radio) opened our flight plan but then advised us to 'contact grand forks approach immediately.' we acknowledged and promptly contacted gfk app on 121.50. They then told us to contact them on 118.1; we did so as directed and they advised us to maintain that 'frequency and will hand us over to minneapolis center in a bit.'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot receives clearance to fly through the GFK AFB TFR. Controller then terminates the flight while in the TFR; pilot contacts FSS for IFR clearance and is told to contact GFK Approach immediately.

Narrative: On a VFR cross country training flight; the planned course took the flight through the TFR. Upon departing local controller handed us off to Grand Forks Departure where ATC radar contacted us. At that point we requested transition through the Grand Forks Air Force Base TFR; and GFK DEPT told us that; 'Transition through the TFR approved.' We acknowledged our clearance through the TFR and proceeded on course. I was telling my student that since we are in the TFR we have to be on with GFK DEPT until we are clear of the TFR as listed in the NOTAMs. After some time had passed; ATC advised us that 'Radar services terminated; squawk VFR and frequency changed approved.' At that point we acknowledged back; then tuned into FSS (Grand Forks Radio) to open our flight plan. Once we changed over to open our flight plan; FSS (Grand Forks Radio) opened our flight plan but then advised us to 'Contact Grand Forks Approach immediately.' We acknowledged and promptly contacted GFK APP on 121.50. They then told us to contact them on 118.1; we did so as directed and they advised us to maintain that 'Frequency and will hand us over to Minneapolis Center in a bit.'

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1226418
Time
Date	201412
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	GFK.TRACON
State Reference	ND
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Total 450 Flight Crew Type 380
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Pilot receives clearance to fly through the gfk AFB tfr. Controller then terminates the flight while in the tfr; pilot contacts FSS for IFR clearance and is told to contact gfk approach immediately.