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With no flight plan and no communication with ATC, helicopter pilot, carrying news media personnel, departed united states airspace and returned, penetrating the ADIZ. Reporter aircraft intercepted by F15's.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 335177 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : eyw |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 1000 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Jet Ranger Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Eagle (F-15) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 335177 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : military |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : military |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
The problem is on the sectionals, the ADIZ goes around the tip of florida. The keys are a free flight zone, so I think going out to fort jefferson would be included in this zone. It is american soil. But when you have F15's on your tail you wonder where we live. We should make a corridor to and from the tortugas all the way to homestead. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter was carrying news media personnel to the tortuga islands, ft jefferson national monument, where a seaplane had crashed. Because he was not on a flight plan nor in communication with ATC, he was intercepted by F15's when penetrating the ADIZ inbound. Reporter thinks the free flight zone should be extended beyond the florida keys to include the tortugas. At the time reporter says he didn't know that the free flight zone was not extended and thought he could fly out and back without an ADIZ bust.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WITH NO FLT PLAN AND NO COM WITH ATC, HELI PLT, CARRYING NEWS MEDIA PERSONNEL, DEPARTED UNITED STATES AIRSPACE AND RETURNED, PENETRATING THE ADIZ. RPTR ACFT INTERCEPTED BY F15'S.
Narrative: THE PROB IS ON THE SECTIONALS, THE ADIZ GOES AROUND THE TIP OF FLORIDA. THE KEYS ARE A FREE FLT ZONE, SO I THINK GOING OUT TO FORT JEFFERSON WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS ZONE. IT IS AMERICAN SOIL. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE F15'S ON YOUR TAIL YOU WONDER WHERE WE LIVE. WE SHOULD MAKE A CORRIDOR TO AND FROM THE TORTUGAS ALL THE WAY TO HOMESTEAD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR WAS CARRYING NEWS MEDIA PERSONNEL TO THE TORTUGA ISLANDS, FT JEFFERSON NATIONAL MONUMENT, WHERE A SEAPLANE HAD CRASHED. BECAUSE HE WAS NOT ON A FLT PLAN NOR IN COM WITH ATC, HE WAS INTERCEPTED BY F15'S WHEN PENETRATING THE ADIZ INBOUND. RPTR THINKS THE FREE FLT ZONE SHOULD BE EXTENDED BEYOND THE FLORIDA KEYS TO INCLUDE THE TORTUGAS. AT THE TIME RPTR SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE FREE FLT ZONE WAS NOT EXTENDED AND THOUGHT HE COULD FLY OUT AND BACK WITHOUT AN ADIZ BUST.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.