C337 pilot challenges FAA claim of unauthorized dc ADIZ entry the week prior for landing at hef.

Attributes
ACN	600913
Time
Date	200311
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : csn.vortac
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl single value : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pct.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Super Skymaster
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	DVR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 5200 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	600913
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : 2 fsdo inspector
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	FAA
Air Traffic Incident	Inter Facility Coordination Failure Intra Facility Coordination Failure

Narrative:

I received a phone call from the leesburg FSDO advising me that law enforcement had filed a violation on my aircraft stating that I had entered the washington ADIZ without an assigned discrete transponder code. This is not true and law enforcement must have confused my tail number with another aircraft. On the afternoon of nov/sat/03, I filed an ADIZ flight plan with leesburg FSS to proceed from martinsburg, wv, to casanova, VOR, enter the washington ADIZ, and landed at manassas airport (hef). Leesburg filed my ADIZ clearance and advised me to contact potomac over casanova VOR for entry into the ADIZ. When I contacted potomac over casanova VOR, the controller issued a squawk code and cleared me for entry into the ADIZ. I was under the positive control of potomac approach until I landed at manassas. It was a busy flying day with a number of aircraft going in and out of the ADIZ between casanova VOR and manassas. They must have mistaken my tail number for another aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C337 PLT CHALLENGES FAA CLAIM OF UNAUTH DC ADIZ ENTRY THE WK PRIOR FOR LNDG AT HEF.

Narrative: I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE LEESBURG FSDO ADVISING ME THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD FILED A VIOLATION ON MY ACFT STATING THAT I HAD ENTERED THE WASHINGTON ADIZ WITHOUT AN ASSIGNED DISCRETE XPONDER CODE. THIS IS NOT TRUE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT MUST HAVE CONFUSED MY TAIL NUMBER WITH ANOTHER ACFT. ON THE AFTERNOON OF NOV/SAT/03, I FILED AN ADIZ FLT PLAN WITH LEESBURG FSS TO PROCEED FROM MARTINSBURG, WV, TO CASANOVA, VOR, ENTER THE WASHINGTON ADIZ, AND LANDED AT MANASSAS ARPT (HEF). LEESBURG FILED MY ADIZ CLRNC AND ADVISED ME TO CONTACT POTOMAC OVER CASANOVA VOR FOR ENTRY INTO THE ADIZ. WHEN I CONTACTED POTOMAC OVER CASANOVA VOR, THE CTLR ISSUED A SQUAWK CODE AND CLRED ME FOR ENTRY INTO THE ADIZ. I WAS UNDER THE POSITIVE CTL OF POTOMAC APCH UNTIL I LANDED AT MANASSAS. IT WAS A BUSY FLYING DAY WITH A NUMBER OF ACFT GOING IN AND OUT OF THE ADIZ BTWN CASANOVA VOR AND MANASSAS. THEY MUST HAVE MISTAKEN MY TAIL NUMBER FOR ANOTHER ACFT.

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.