Pitts pilot is informed enroute by gky tower of a tfr to the north of the field and deviates to the ...

Attributes
ACN	1086120
Time
Date	201305
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	GKY.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Aerobatic
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	GPS & Other Satellite Navigation
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 996 Flight Crew Type 900
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

VFR flight contacted gky 3 miles north of lake arlington and received approval to transition at 1;800 ft MSL. Shortly after clearance; gky informed me of a ballpark tfr. In this point in the flight I believe I was 4 miles southwest of ballpark (outside 3 NM radius). I changed heading to 180 to further distance from the ballpark tfr and checked my GPS (xm satellite) and found no tfr displayed even though tfr data was current (no more than 1 minute since last download). [I] turned east to gpm just past gpm midfield. Gky approved frequency change just past gky center line. Contacted gpm; cleared for a 35 base leg and gpm informed me of the ballpark tfr. At this point I believe I was still outside the 3 mile radius. Potential VFR entry into the stadium tfr could be prevented if the dynamic activation (based upon irregular baseball schedules or other stadium events) would be made available through xm GPS information like other standard tfr's with specific dates/times. Also; publishing the stadium type tfr's on maps to know exact location radius would be helpful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pitts pilot is informed enroute by GKY Tower of a TFR to the north of the field and deviates to the south and west. The onboard GPS with XM gave no indication of a TFR in the area.

Narrative: VFR flight contacted GKY 3 miles north of Lake Arlington and received approval to transition at 1;800 FT MSL. Shortly after clearance; GKY informed me of a ballpark TFR. In this point in the flight I believe I was 4 miles southwest of ballpark (outside 3 NM radius). I changed heading to 180 to further distance from the ballpark TFR and checked my GPS (XM satellite) and found no TFR displayed even though TFR data was current (no more than 1 minute since last download). [I] turned east to GPM just past GPM midfield. GKY approved frequency change just past GKY center line. Contacted GPM; cleared for a 35 base leg and GPM informed me of the ballpark TFR. At this point I believe I was still outside the 3 mile radius. Potential VFR entry into the stadium TFR could be prevented if the dynamic activation (based upon irregular baseball schedules or other stadium events) would be made available through XM GPS information like other standard TFR's with specific dates/times. Also; publishing the stadium type TFR's on maps to know exact location radius would be helpful.

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.

Pitts pilot is informed enroute by gky tower of a tfr to the north of the field and deviates to the south and west. The onboard GPS with xm gave no indication of a tfr in the area.