Navion pilot inadvertently enters the dca ADIZ while en route to his destination.

Attributes
ACN	693464
Time
Date	200604
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : aml.vortac
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl single value : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pct.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Rangemaster (Navion)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 12 flight time total : 1600 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	693464
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

While traveling sbound with flight following on potomac approach; the sector controller asked me to contact potomac approach on the landline after landing pdk and read me their phone number. I contacted them and had a conversation with someone there who collected my tail number; name; pilot certificate number; address; etc. He said I would probably be receiving a call from the FSDO next week. He also said that he was going to speak with the controllers involved because he was concerned about part of the handling/service they had apparently given me. I believe it was either the fact that they had said 'remain clear of the class B' or that they had not handed my flight off to a dulles sector controller instead of abandoning me north of the area. I believe this problem is the result of a chain of events in which the basic problem of not establishing a correct departure point south of dulles; never got resolved. Accordingly; I was hooked up with a baltimore sector controller instead of a dulles area sector controller. He couldn't help me because it was not his airspace. So he refused to deal with the problem and to hand me off to dulles. I guess I created it from the earliest points in flight planning -- though I believe others were complicit in that by not clearing up the problem on multiple occasions in which I was telling them all I was headed sbound to georgia and wanted a direct routing through the class B. I was not sure what to do but the thing that kept sticking in my head was the last instruction from potomac approach -- which was to 'remain clear of class B.' that is all he seemed to care about that is what I did. And since I had begun the flight inside the ADIZ with clear intentions to travel south; it did not occur to me that I needed another clearance or flight plan into the ADIZ. Had the controller said 'squawk 1200; frequency change approved; remain clear of the ADIZ;' I would have followed that instruction perfectly and remained clear of the ADIZ.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NAVION PLT INADVERTENTLY ENTERS THE DCA ADIZ WHILE ENRTE TO HIS DEST.

Narrative: WHILE TRAVELING SBOUND WITH FLT FOLLOWING ON POTOMAC APCH; THE SECTOR CTLR ASKED ME TO CONTACT POTOMAC APCH ON THE LANDLINE AFTER LNDG PDK AND READ ME THEIR PHONE NUMBER. I CONTACTED THEM AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE THERE WHO COLLECTED MY TAIL NUMBER; NAME; PLT CERTIFICATE NUMBER; ADDRESS; ETC. HE SAID I WOULD PROBABLY BE RECEIVING A CALL FROM THE FSDO NEXT WEEK. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO SPEAK WITH THE CTLRS INVOLVED BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PART OF THE HANDLING/SVC THEY HAD APPARENTLY GIVEN ME. I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER THE FACT THAT THEY HAD SAID 'REMAIN CLR OF THE CLASS B' OR THAT THEY HAD NOT HANDED MY FLT OFF TO A DULLES SECTOR CTLR INSTEAD OF ABANDONING ME N OF THE AREA. I BELIEVE THIS PROB IS THE RESULT OF A CHAIN OF EVENTS IN WHICH THE BASIC PROB OF NOT ESTABLISHING A CORRECT DEP POINT S OF DULLES; NEVER GOT RESOLVED. ACCORDINGLY; I WAS HOOKED UP WITH A BALTIMORE SECTOR CTLR INSTEAD OF A DULLES AREA SECTOR CTLR. HE COULDN'T HELP ME BECAUSE IT WAS NOT HIS AIRSPACE. SO HE REFUSED TO DEAL WITH THE PROB AND TO HAND ME OFF TO DULLES. I GUESS I CREATED IT FROM THE EARLIEST POINTS IN FLT PLANNING -- THOUGH I BELIEVE OTHERS WERE COMPLICIT IN THAT BY NOT CLRING UP THE PROB ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IN WHICH I WAS TELLING THEM ALL I WAS HEADED SBOUND TO GEORGIA AND WANTED A DIRECT ROUTING THROUGH THE CLASS B. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT TO DO BUT THE THING THAT KEPT STICKING IN MY HEAD WAS THE LAST INSTRUCTION FROM POTOMAC APCH -- WHICH WAS TO 'REMAIN CLR OF CLASS B.' THAT IS ALL HE SEEMED TO CARE ABOUT THAT IS WHAT I DID. AND SINCE I HAD BEGUN THE FLT INSIDE THE ADIZ WITH CLR INTENTIONS TO TRAVEL S; IT DID NOT OCCUR TO ME THAT I NEEDED ANOTHER CLRNC OR FLT PLAN INTO THE ADIZ. HAD THE CTLR SAID 'SQUAWK 1200; FREQ CHANGE APPROVED; REMAIN CLR OF THE ADIZ;' I WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THAT INSTRUCTION PERFECTLY AND REMAINED CLR OF THE ADIZ.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.