Home built small aircraft pilot entered dc ADIZ without clearance or a discrete transponder code.

Attributes
ACN	581550
Time
Date	200210
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : me64.airport
State Reference	ME
Altitude	msl single value : 9500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 1575
ASRS Report	581550
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other other : 2
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was flying from gfl to ME64 at 9500 ft MSL the morning of 10/sun/02. I take this trip quite often to ME64 which is a skydiving drop zone. I was using a GPS hooked up to a pda for navigation. This unit is capable of tfr downloads and special use airspace alerts. The unit was downloaded and updated before the flight with special use airspace alerts. Once at the aircraft the updated pda is swapped with the backup pda in the aircraft. This makes the system current for that day. Because of my oversight at the aircraft I forgot to swap out the pda, which means I was flying with old tfr information. Upon landing at ME64 a national defense officer had called the airport, spoke with me, and advised me that I had landed at an airport that was within the newly expanded tfr in kennebunkport. The tfr was lowered late that day after which I flew back to gfl.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HOME BUILT SMA PLT ENTERED DC ADIZ WITHOUT CLRNC OR A DISCRETE XPONDER CODE.

Narrative: I WAS FLYING FROM GFL TO ME64 AT 9500 FT MSL THE MORNING OF 10/SUN/02. I TAKE THIS TRIP QUITE OFTEN TO ME64 WHICH IS A SKYDIVING DROP ZONE. I WAS USING A GPS HOOKED UP TO A PDA FOR NAVIGATION. THIS UNIT IS CAPABLE OF TFR DOWNLOADS AND SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE ALERTS. THE UNIT WAS DOWNLOADED AND UPDATED BEFORE THE FLT WITH SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE ALERTS. ONCE AT THE ACFT THE UPDATED PDA IS SWAPPED WITH THE BACKUP PDA IN THE ACFT. THIS MAKES THE SYSTEM CURRENT FOR THAT DAY. BECAUSE OF MY OVERSIGHT AT THE ACFT I FORGOT TO SWAP OUT THE PDA, WHICH MEANS I WAS FLYING WITH OLD TFR INFO. UPON LNDG AT ME64 A NATIONAL DEFENSE OFFICER HAD CALLED THE ARPT, SPOKE WITH ME, AND ADVISED ME THAT I HAD LANDED AT AN ARPT THAT WAS WITHIN THE NEWLY EXPANDED TFR IN KENNEBUNKPORT. THE TFR WAS LOWERED LATE THAT DAY AFTER WHICH I FLEW BACK TO GFL.

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.