Cessna pilot is advised after landing that he has violated a tfr located over a coal ash pond. The t...

Attributes
ACN	1055449
Time
Date	201212
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna Twin Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	GPS & Other Satellite Navigation
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 41 Flight Crew Total 6100 Flight Crew Type 165
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

The purpose of the flight was to photograph a coal ash pond that had recently been the site of an accident in northeast west virginia. Prior to departing; I obtained a preflight briefing using the computer service at my home FBO. This service (wsi) displays a list of NOTAM's for a route of flight. I reviewed the list and did not see any mention of a tfr. I also use the 'aviator' service from xm which transmits real time tfr information via satellite for display on my GPS moving map. I thought I had the tfr base covered. Upon return to my home base; ATC told me to call. I did and they said I had violated a tfr described in NOTAM that was centered on the exact spot we were photographing. It was a 1-mile radius around the pond up to 3;000 ft. We violated the tfr. There are two possible explanations and one solution. One is the FAA; wsi and/or xm did not properly disseminate the tfr information and it simply was not on the computer or my GPS map to be seen. The second is that I somehow simply missed the NOTAM in the long list that the wsi service displays. The solution; I now know; is to not rely on technology but to call flight service and talk to a human. That is my lesson learned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cessna pilot is advised after landing that he has violated a TFR located over a coal ash pond. The TFR NOTAM was not noticed on a list provided by WSI nor seen on the GPS moving map display with XM.

Narrative: The purpose of the flight was to photograph a coal ash pond that had recently been the site of an accident in northeast West Virginia. Prior to departing; I obtained a preflight briefing using the computer service at my home FBO. This service (WSI) displays a list of NOTAM's for a route of flight. I reviewed the list and did not see any mention of a TFR. I also use the 'Aviator' service from XM which transmits real time TFR information via satellite for display on my GPS moving map. I thought I had the TFR base covered. Upon return to my home base; ATC told me to call. I did and they said I had violated a TFR described in NOTAM that was centered on the exact spot we were photographing. It was a 1-mile radius around the pond up to 3;000 FT. We violated the TFR. There are two possible explanations and one solution. One is the FAA; WSI and/or XM did not properly disseminate the TFR information and it simply was not on the computer or my GPS map to be seen. The second is that I somehow simply missed the NOTAM in the long list that the WSI service displays. The solution; I now know; is to not rely on technology but to call Flight Service and talk to a human. That is my lesson learned.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Cessna pilot is advised after landing that he has violated a tfr located over a coal ash pond. The tfr NOTAM was not noticed on a list provided by wsi nor seen on the GPS moving map display with xm.