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A mooney private pilot flies through tfr areas twice without benefit of an IFR flight plan and is told to call the center when returning to home base.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 528914 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | M-20 F Executive 21 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1042 flight time type : 144 |
| ASRS Report | 528914 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
FAA revised NOTAM establishing tfr near nuclear facilities. Pilot flew IFR from ZZZ to XXX in a.M. Of nov/sat. Route was through restr areas. On return trip without FAA flight plan, pilot flew essentially reciprocal of earlier, outbound course. Pilot assumed this was permissible because of earlier flight without deviations. Pilot was in radio contact with ZZZ while it was still within restr area; no mention was made of incursion into restr area although position had been reported. Since pilot did not believe he was violating tfr, and since ATC did not inform pilot of incursion, no corrective action was taken. Incursion first discovered on landing ZZZ after pilot complied with tower's direction to call ZZZ center. Pilot has now plotted tfr's on sectional and understands that no flight may be through areas affected by tfr's without assigned discrete squawk and positive radio control, ie, IFR flight plan.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MOONEY PVT PLT FLIES THROUGH TFR AREAS TWICE WITHOUT BENEFIT OF AN IFR FLT PLAN AND IS TOLD TO CALL THE CTR WHEN RETURNING TO HOME BASE.
Narrative: FAA REVISED NOTAM ESTABLISHING TFR NEAR NUCLEAR FACILITIES. PLT FLEW IFR FROM ZZZ TO XXX IN A.M. OF NOV/SAT. RTE WAS THROUGH RESTR AREAS. ON RETURN TRIP WITHOUT FAA FLT PLAN, PLT FLEW ESSENTIALLY RECIPROCAL OF EARLIER, OUTBOUND COURSE. PLT ASSUMED THIS WAS PERMISSIBLE BECAUSE OF EARLIER FLT WITHOUT DEVS. PLT WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH ZZZ WHILE IT WAS STILL WITHIN RESTR AREA; NO MENTION WAS MADE OF INCURSION INTO RESTR AREA ALTHOUGH POS HAD BEEN RPTED. SINCE PLT DID NOT BELIEVE HE WAS VIOLATING TFR, AND SINCE ATC DID NOT INFORM PLT OF INCURSION, NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN. INCURSION FIRST DISCOVERED ON LNDG ZZZ AFTER PLT COMPLIED WITH TOWER'S DIRECTION TO CALL ZZZ CTR. PLT HAS NOW PLOTTED TFR'S ON SECTIONAL AND UNDERSTANDS THAT NO FLT MAY BE THROUGH AREAS AFFECTED BY TFR'S WITHOUT ASSIGNED DISCRETE SQUAWK AND POSITIVE RADIO CTL, IE, IFR FLT PLAN.
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.