Narrative:

Before departing from freeway airport, an uncontrolled airfield, numerous attempts were made to contact approach/departure on 124.55, 125.65, and FSS on 122.2 to activate my IFR flight plan. I got no response on the radio. I departed runway 18 at freeway airport and immediately contacted potomac departure on 124.55 and requested they open my flight plan and advise me of my assigned transponder squawk code. They advised me that the airport was located within an ADIZ and I was supposed to have the proper squawk code before departing. I then advised potomac departure that I was told to squawk 1200 upon landing at freeway airport 10 mins prior to my departure. Upon calling the new york FSS the night before to file an IFR flight plan for this flight, the flight briefer was totally unfamiliar with the ADIZ procedures in the area I was flying into. She had to put me on hold numerous times to confer with a supervisor to ascertain the information that I needed to properly perform my flight into and out of the ADIZ airspace. I was not properly advised of the ADIZ procedures that were currently in effect for my route of flight. Also, upon initially departing from republic airport for the first leg of my flight, I was also advised by new york departure that the IFR flight plans that I filed the night before were mistakenly entered into the system as VFR flight plans.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FOLLOWING THE FSS BRIEFING, A C210 PLT, UNABLE TO CONTACT PCT TO OBTAIN A DISCRETE CODE AND ACTIVATE HIS DC ADIZ FLT PLAN WHILE ON THE GND AT W00, TAKES OFF WITHOUT ACTIVATING FLT PLAN.

Narrative: BEFORE DEPARTING FROM FREEWAY ARPT, AN UNCTLED AIRFIELD, NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CONTACT APCH/DEP ON 124.55, 125.65, AND FSS ON 122.2 TO ACTIVATE MY IFR FLT PLAN. I GOT NO RESPONSE ON THE RADIO. I DEPARTED RWY 18 AT FREEWAY ARPT AND IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED POTOMAC DEP ON 124.55 AND REQUESTED THEY OPEN MY FLT PLAN AND ADVISE ME OF MY ASSIGNED XPONDER SQUAWK CODE. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE ARPT WAS LOCATED WITHIN AN ADIZ AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE PROPER SQUAWK CODE BEFORE DEPARTING. I THEN ADVISED POTOMAC DEP THAT I WAS TOLD TO SQUAWK 1200 UPON LNDG AT FREEWAY ARPT 10 MINS PRIOR TO MY DEP. UPON CALLING THE NEW YORK FSS THE NIGHT BEFORE TO FILE AN IFR FLT PLAN FOR THIS FLT, THE FLT BRIEFER WAS TOTALLY UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ADIZ PROCS IN THE AREA I WAS FLYING INTO. SHE HAD TO PUT ME ON HOLD NUMEROUS TIMES TO CONFER WITH A SUPVR TO ASCERTAIN THE INFO THAT I NEEDED TO PROPERLY PERFORM MY FLT INTO AND OUT OF THE ADIZ AIRSPACE. I WAS NOT PROPERLY ADVISED OF THE ADIZ PROCS THAT WERE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MY RTE OF FLT. ALSO, UPON INITIALLY DEPARTING FROM REPUBLIC ARPT FOR THE FIRST LEG OF MY FLT, I WAS ALSO ADVISED BY NEW YORK DEP THAT THE IFR FLT PLANS THAT I FILED THE NIGHT BEFORE WERE MISTAKENLY ENTERED INTO THE SYS AS VFR FLT PLANS.

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.