A pilot entered R5311C at 6;500 ft below the gtn 750 GPS depicted 12;000 ft floor but that GPS did n...

Narrative:

I departed that morning after checking weather/tfr's on the internet. I was either direct chs or tybee intersection on my route. I saw R5311 on the GPS and touched the outline and pressed the info button for R5311. I saw the image (photo taken after ATC notified me on guard) below and confirmed that I was below the minimum altitude of 12;000 ft. So; instead of deviating right a couple of miles I continued through R5311. About 10 miles south of my exit of R5311 I heard a call on guard (121.5) of an unknown flyer at my position so I called fayetteville approach as I was told. They told me to contact them after landing. They told me about R5311A/B/C and I quickly realized what happened. They also picked me up for flight following. When I landed I contacted fayetteville approach and they explained what had happened and I described the above. I was told I might get a call from the R5311 people about the incident. I did get that call and told them the same thing and discussed the issue. I looked at a 'paper' chart (VFR sectional) and it clearly showed R5311A; R5311B and R5311C. This is unusual for restricted areas (in my experience) but I'm sure not unique. In retrospect I should have noticed the 'C' on the GPS screen and inquired as to where 'a' and 'B' might be but I did not because I had never seen a restricted area like this with three designations for the exact same area. I am an experienced; careful pilot; and yet I was not able to see the difference in the paper charts and GPS charts. I think this deserves some attention and could probably save a life someday. It is not that difficult for the chart makers to denote areas like this such that it is more obvious that there are three different 'criteria' for the r-area. The paper charts do this very clearly as an example. To me this is a very serious matter and I don't take it lightly. I now know to look closer at what the GPS display is telling me won't make this mistake again; but what about the thousands of other pilots out there that might make the same mistake for the same reason. We really should try to fix this one.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot entered R5311C at 6;500 FT below the GTN 750 GPS depicted 12;000 FT floor but that GPS did not depict the lower R5311 A/B areas along with their respective restricted altitudes.

Narrative: I departed that morning after checking weather/TFR's on the internet. I was either direct CHS or TYBEE Intersection on my route. I saw R5311 on the GPS and touched the outline and pressed the info button for R5311. I saw the image (photo taken after ATC notified me on Guard) below and confirmed that I was below the minimum altitude of 12;000 FT. So; instead of deviating right a couple of miles I continued through R5311. About 10 miles south of my exit of R5311 I heard a call on Guard (121.5) of an unknown flyer at my position so I called Fayetteville Approach as I was told. They told me to contact them after landing. They told me about R5311A/B/C and I quickly realized what happened. They also picked me up for flight following. When I landed I contacted Fayetteville Approach and they explained what had happened and I described the above. I was told I might get a call from the R5311 people about the incident. I did get that call and told them the same thing and discussed the issue. I looked at a 'paper' chart (VFR Sectional) and it clearly showed R5311A; R5311B and R5311C. This is unusual for restricted areas (in my experience) but I'm sure not unique. In retrospect I should have noticed the 'C' on the GPS screen and inquired as to where 'A' and 'B' might be but I did not because I had never seen a restricted area like this with three designations for the exact same area. I am an experienced; careful pilot; and yet I was not able to see the difference in the paper charts and GPS charts. I think this deserves some attention and could probably save a life someday. It is not that difficult for the chart makers to denote areas like this such that it is more obvious that there are three different 'criteria' for the R-Area. The paper charts do this very clearly as an example. To me this is a very serious matter and I don't take it lightly. I now know to look closer at what the GPS display is telling me won't make this mistake again; but what about the thousands of other pilots out there that might make the same mistake for the same reason. We really should try to fix this one.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1129225
Time
Date	201310
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SSC.TRACON
State Reference	SC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bonanza 36
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	GPS & Other Satellite Navigation
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 2000 Flight Crew Type 800
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A pilot entered R5311C at 6;500 ft below the gtn 750 GPS depicted 12;000 ft floor but that GPS did not depict the lower R5311 a/B areas along with their respective restricted altitudes.