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Pilot of B47J rerouting for WX numerous times on VFR flight in the vicinity of the dc ADIZ unwittingly entered the tfr and was met by us customs upon landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 589455 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200308 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | special use airspace : dcadiz.othersua |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Thunderstorm Turbulence |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Bell 47 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | S-70 Black Hawk/Night Hawk/Sea Hawk |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75.8 flight time total : 13200 flight time type : 1075 |
| ASRS Report | 589455 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Airspace Structure Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airspace Structure | special use : dcadiz.othersua |
Narrative:
My attempts to avoid WX resulted in numerous deviations from my planned route from milleville to the south shore of the rappahannock river navigating by GPS and a sectional chart. Upon landing we were contacted by a us department of treasury/customs blackhawk helicopter that landed and informed me that I had penetrated 9 mi into a washington tfr area 30 mi from center. As I had not intended to fly this route and by not contacting dover I failed to realize this area existed as it is not indicated on the chart. I realize my mistake was not contacting dover (as I normally do) to obtain flight following and information regarding the tfr. Any future flts that will take me off my intended route as well as any flight, I will try to always be in contact with local ATC/FSS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF B47J REROUTING FOR WX NUMEROUS TIMES ON VFR FLT IN THE VICINITY OF THE DC ADIZ UNWITTINGLY ENTERED THE TFR AND WAS MET BY US CUSTOMS UPON LNDG.
Narrative: MY ATTEMPTS TO AVOID WX RESULTED IN NUMEROUS DEVS FROM MY PLANNED RTE FROM MILLEVILLE TO THE S SHORE OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER NAVING BY GPS AND A SECTIONAL CHART. UPON LNDG WE WERE CONTACTED BY A US DEPT OF TREASURY/CUSTOMS BLACKHAWK HELI THAT LANDED AND INFORMED ME THAT I HAD PENETRATED 9 MI INTO A WASHINGTON TFR AREA 30 MI FROM CTR. AS I HAD NOT INTENDED TO FLY THIS RTE AND BY NOT CONTACTING DOVER I FAILED TO REALIZE THIS AREA EXISTED AS IT IS NOT INDICATED ON THE CHART. I REALIZE MY MISTAKE WAS NOT CONTACTING DOVER (AS I NORMALLY DO) TO OBTAIN FLT FOLLOWING AND INFO REGARDING THE TFR. ANY FUTURE FLTS THAT WILL TAKE ME OFF MY INTENDED RTE AS WELL AS ANY FLT, I WILL TRY TO ALWAYS BE IN CONTACT WITH LCL ATC/FSS.
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.