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Pilot reported that due to a presidential tfr and fatigue; pilot landed on a lake that was not approved for seaplane operations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1676644 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | CT |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Sea Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 600 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
After 2 days of long cross country flying; I was on the last day along the hudson river through the ny special flight rules with presidential tfr in progress. There was a higher stress/workload due to airspace and active tfr navigation. After flying north the corridor then up near military academy; turned eastward towards destination. Using map I thought I was going to do a water landing at what appeared to be one lake; but after landing decided our navigation was incorrect. I did an immediate takeoff and left the lake. However the lake; not being published on FAA charts; I later found out seaplane ops were prohibited. There was not any safety issue I could see that would consider this unsafe; and I kept visual with boat traffic and people; but was unaware the lake wasn't seaplane approved. There should be a better database of lakes; rivers; waterways that are legal/safe to land that is inclusive.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported that due to a Presidential TFR and fatigue; pilot landed on a lake that was not approved for seaplane operations.
Narrative: After 2 days of long cross country flying; I was on the last day along the Hudson river through the NY special flight rules with Presidential TFR in progress. There was a higher stress/workload due to airspace and active TFR navigation. After flying north the corridor then up near military academy; turned eastward towards destination. Using map I thought I was going to do a water landing at what appeared to be one lake; but after landing decided our navigation was incorrect. I did an immediate takeoff and left the lake. However the lake; not being published on FAA charts; I later found out seaplane ops were prohibited. There was not any safety issue I could see that would consider this unsafe; and I kept visual with boat traffic and people; but was unaware the lake wasn't seaplane approved. There should be a better database of lakes; rivers; waterways that are legal/safe to land that is inclusive.
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.