Small transport penetrates temporary restr area.

Attributes
ACN	235483
Time
Date	199303
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : act airport : acn
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 7500 msl bound upper : 7500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : acn
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	235483
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The WX the day I was flying to austin was clear and visibility was unrestricted and had been that way for 2 days and forecasted to continue for the next several days. My route of flight took me over mount carmel at an altitude of approximately 7500 ft MSL and was direct to my destination at austin. Upon landing at austin, I was asked to call waco approach control on the telephone and was advised by them that I had gone through a restr area. They advised that the area over mount carmel had just recently been restr up to 11000 ft. I feel they could have done a better job of letting pilots know about the just-activated restr area by sending facsimile's to all the local airports. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states this was a temporary restr area east of waco. Even if he had been aware of it being restr, unless he had specifically been told of the ceiling he would have judged it to be like most temporary areas -- about 3000-5000 ft. Information was not disseminated well at all.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT PENETRATES TEMPORARY RESTR AREA.

Narrative: THE WX THE DAY I WAS FLYING TO AUSTIN WAS CLR AND VISIBILITY WAS UNRESTRICTED AND HAD BEEN THAT WAY FOR 2 DAYS AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MY RTE OF FLT TOOK ME OVER MOUNT CARMEL AT AN ALT OF APPROX 7500 FT MSL AND WAS DIRECT TO MY DEST AT AUSTIN. UPON LNDG AT AUSTIN, I WAS ASKED TO CALL WACO APCH CTL ON THE TELEPHONE AND WAS ADVISED BY THEM THAT I HAD GONE THROUGH A RESTR AREA. THEY ADVISED THAT THE AREA OVER MOUNT CARMEL HAD JUST RECENTLY BEEN RESTR UP TO 11000 FT. I FEEL THEY COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF LETTING PLTS KNOW ABOUT THE JUST-ACTIVATED RESTR AREA BY SENDING FAX'S TO ALL THE LCL ARPTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THIS WAS A TEMPORARY RESTR AREA E OF WACO. EVEN IF HE HAD BEEN AWARE OF IT BEING RESTR, UNLESS HE HAD SPECIFICALLY BEEN TOLD OF THE CEILING HE WOULD HAVE JUDGED IT TO BE LIKE MOST TEMPORARY AREAS -- ABOUT 3000-5000 FT. INFO WAS NOT DISSEMINATED WELL AT ALL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.