Narrative:

I had been scheduled for a solo-cross country flight and to return back to omn. On the way back after I departed from my destination I got lost on the way back to omn and I didn't figure it out until I reached a city where I couldn't figure out where I was so I called the jacksonville approach and requested to confirm my location because I am lost. All I heard was squawk a number and I did as requested flew near the ocean to try to figure out where I was on a low altitude 1000 feet. Then I decided to call the emergency frequency but ended up calling the wrong frequency. I dialed in 120.5 and requested help because I didn't recognize where I was and they kindly helped to set me up back on my route and they gave me a number to let my instructor call them when I reach omn and land safely. On my way back I figured that I had low fuel and informed the approach and he asked me to either land on fin or continue to omn so I choose to continue. I could see tamoka basin from my location.mistakes I made during the flight are the following; I flew on a wrong heading which ended me up in the wrong place. I didn't figure out that I was lost earlier. I didn't have flight following on my way back. I did not follow the lost procedure correctly. I made a very poor decision to continue flying while I am low on fuel. I ended up entering some restricted or military areas without even recognizing it.

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Title: C152 student pilot became lost; penetrated restricted airspace; and did not follow proper procedures in his attempt to reorient himself.

Narrative: I had been scheduled for a solo-cross country flight and to return back to OMN. On the way back after I departed from my destination I got lost on the way back to OMN and I didn't figure it out until I reached a city where I couldn't figure out where I was so I called the Jacksonville Approach and requested to confirm my location because I am lost. All I heard was squawk a number and I did as requested flew near the ocean to try to figure out where I was on a low altitude 1000 feet. Then I decided to call the emergency frequency but ended up calling the wrong frequency. I dialed in 120.5 and requested help because I didn't recognize where I was and they kindly helped to set me up back on my route and they gave me a number to let my instructor call them when I reach OMN and land safely. On my way back I figured that I had low fuel and informed the Approach and he asked me to either land on FIN or continue to OMN so I choose to continue. I could see Tamoka Basin from my location.Mistakes I made during the flight are the following; I flew on a wrong heading which ended me up in the wrong place. I didn't figure out that I was lost earlier. I didn't have flight following on my way back. I did not follow the lost procedure correctly. I made a very poor decision to continue flying while I am low on fuel. I ended up entering some restricted or military areas without even recognizing it.

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.