A C172 pilot violated a tfr involving a power plant.

Attributes
ACN	529699
Time
Date	200111
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 72 flight time total : 353 flight time type : 283
ASRS Report	529699
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far 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	FAA Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The event was flying a contract service. We flew through power plant restr area. We called the FSS to get the NOTAMS for the route of flight. The briefer gives all the restr airspaces and closed airports in and around the restr airspace. The contracted service we had to fly put us crossing over the threshold of ZZZ1 airport xx mi from power plant. ZZZ approach informed us on the event that we passed through the restr airspace. Upon our return back along our route we were vectored around said airspace and we continued back to our home base. What I believe caused the problem was the information not given to us by FSS. To help prevent this problem FSS should be held accountable for their actions just as much as pilots are held accountable for not knowing information. Pilots depend on flight service to give us all information not known to pilots.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 PLT VIOLATED A TFR INVOLVING A POWER PLANT.

Narrative: THE EVENT WAS FLYING A CONTRACT SVC. WE FLEW THROUGH POWER PLANT RESTR AREA. WE CALLED THE FSS TO GET THE NOTAMS FOR THE RTE OF FLT. THE BRIEFER GIVES ALL THE RESTR AIRSPACES AND CLOSED ARPTS IN AND AROUND THE RESTR AIRSPACE. THE CONTRACTED SVC WE HAD TO FLY PUT US XING OVER THE THRESHOLD OF ZZZ1 ARPT XX MI FROM POWER PLANT. ZZZ APCH INFORMED US ON THE EVENT THAT WE PASSED THROUGH THE RESTR AIRSPACE. UPON OUR RETURN BACK ALONG OUR RTE WE WERE VECTORED AROUND SAID AIRSPACE AND WE CONTINUED BACK TO OUR HOME BASE. WHAT I BELIEVE CAUSED THE PROB WAS THE INFO NOT GIVEN TO US BY FSS. TO HELP PREVENT THIS PROB FSS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS JUST AS MUCH AS PLTS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT KNOWING INFO. PLTS DEPEND ON FLT SVC TO GIVE US ALL INFO NOT KNOWN TO PLTS.

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.