A pilot whose aircraft had panel mounted LORAN; GPS and VOR navigation capabilities penetrated R6302...

Attributes
ACN	942384
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	GOP.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	VFR Route
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	GPS & Other Satellite Navigation
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Loss of situational awareness; using new smart phone GPS navigation program on direct flight and didn't pay enough attention to the primary GPS and map. [I] had checked different navigation pages on phone program. Looked back to primary panel mount and GPS and saw warning message for restricted airspace R6302A. I immediately knew where I was and turned away from restricted airspace; then proceeded to exit boundary. When sufficiently clear turned to a heading to fly around restricted area then continued on course. Have flown this route numerous times; knew the restricted area was there but the program on the phone doesn't show restricted or other airspace. I won't let my attention be diverted again. My normal navigation was to use a panel mounted LORAN; the panel mount GPS and to cross check VOR's on the route of flight. Cavu day and just watching the panel mount and moving map on the phone program contributed to an error on navigate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot whose aircraft had panel mounted LORAN; GPS and VOR navigation capabilities penetrated R6302A because he was navigating on his hand held smart phone with GPS software which did not display the restricted airspace.

Narrative: Loss of situational awareness; using new smart phone GPS navigation program on direct flight and didn't pay enough attention to the primary GPS and map. [I] had checked different navigation pages on phone program. Looked back to primary panel mount and GPS and saw warning message for restricted airspace R6302A. I immediately knew where I was and turned away from restricted airspace; then proceeded to exit boundary. When sufficiently clear turned to a heading to fly around restricted area then continued on course. Have flown this route numerous times; knew the restricted area was there but the program on the phone doesn't show restricted or other airspace. I won't let my attention be diverted again. My normal navigation was to use a panel mounted LORAN; the panel mount GPS and to cross check VOR's on the route of flight. CAVU day and just watching the panel mount and moving map on the phone program contributed to an error on navigate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.