Narrative:

I was on a flight from brown field in san diego (sdm) after returning from a 4 day trip in mexico. I departed brown field and flew through the VFR corridor above san diego and proceeded north along the coast. After departing the san diego class B airspace I climbed to 4500 ft until approaching the orange county class C airspace. At this time I climbed to 5200 ft to go over the 4400 ft top of the class C airspace. I flew from the northwest corner of the camp pendleton restricted airspace direct to el monte (emt) airport a route which goes directly over el toro airport (I have flown this exact route 4 times in the past 2 months). Today I was directly over el toro airport and saw that there was a large number of cars and people all over the airport. No aircraft were in the air that I could see. The el toro airshow was today. I flew on to el monte airport and was asked by the el monte tower staff to identify, which I did. After landing at el monte I was requested to contact el toro tower. I advised them that I was completely unaware of the temporary restricted area around el toro airport. I checked WX on apr/xx/95 and was given no notification that a NOTAM was out for apr/xx/95. I filed a border crossing flight plan on apr/xx/95 with san diego FSS and was given no notification. I also filed a round robin flight plan with san diego FSS for a return on apr/xx/95 and was given no notification. I opened the border crossing flight plan on apr/xx/95 and was given no notification of the NOTAM. I landed at brown field and listened to their ATIS, no notification. I was using pom VOR at the time of the incident and received no notification -- I never received any notification until calling el toro after landing at el monte airport. Also all airports in the area at the time were VFR.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT ENTERED TEMPORARY RESTR AREA, MCAS EL TORO, DURING AIR SHOW. NO TFC CONFLICT.

Narrative: I WAS ON A FLT FROM BROWN FIELD IN SAN DIEGO (SDM) AFTER RETURNING FROM A 4 DAY TRIP IN MEXICO. I DEPARTED BROWN FIELD AND FLEW THROUGH THE VFR CORRIDOR ABOVE SAN DIEGO AND PROCEEDED N ALONG THE COAST. AFTER DEPARTING THE SAN DIEGO CLASS B AIRSPACE I CLBED TO 4500 FT UNTIL APCHING THE ORANGE COUNTY CLASS C AIRSPACE. AT THIS TIME I CLBED TO 5200 FT TO GO OVER THE 4400 FT TOP OF THE CLASS C AIRSPACE. I FLEW FROM THE NW CORNER OF THE CAMP PENDLETON RESTRICTED AIRSPACE DIRECT TO EL MONTE (EMT) ARPT A RTE WHICH GOES DIRECTLY OVER EL TORO ARPT (I HAVE FLOWN THIS EXACT RTE 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS). TODAY I WAS DIRECTLY OVER EL TORO ARPT AND SAW THAT THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF CARS AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE ARPT. NO ACFT WERE IN THE AIR THAT I COULD SEE. THE EL TORO AIRSHOW WAS TODAY. I FLEW ON TO EL MONTE ARPT AND WAS ASKED BY THE EL MONTE TWR STAFF TO IDENT, WHICH I DID. AFTER LNDG AT EL MONTE I WAS REQUESTED TO CONTACT EL TORO TWR. I ADVISED THEM THAT I WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA AROUND EL TORO ARPT. I CHKED WX ON APR/XX/95 AND WAS GIVEN NO NOTIFICATION THAT A NOTAM WAS OUT FOR APR/XX/95. I FILED A BORDER XING FLT PLAN ON APR/XX/95 WITH SAN DIEGO FSS AND WAS GIVEN NO NOTIFICATION. I ALSO FILED A ROUND ROBIN FLT PLAN WITH SAN DIEGO FSS FOR A RETURN ON APR/XX/95 AND WAS GIVEN NO NOTIFICATION. I OPENED THE BORDER XING FLT PLAN ON APR/XX/95 AND WAS GIVEN NO NOTIFICATION OF THE NOTAM. I LANDED AT BROWN FIELD AND LISTENED TO THEIR ATIS, NO NOTIFICATION. I WAS USING POM VOR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION -- I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION UNTIL CALLING EL TORO AFTER LNDG AT EL MONTE ARPT. ALSO ALL ARPTS IN THE AREA AT THE TIME WERE VFR.

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.