Narrative:

I started my flight in the morning, leaving the frederick airport. I was just going up for some solo training and trying to get more comfortable flying by myself since I have been soloing for less than a week. I still had an uneasy feeling, so I thought if I flew over some area that I was comfortable with, it could build my confidence. As I climbed to altitude, I noticed all the traffic on the hwys, so I started flying south looking at the traffic on route 270, because that's something I do everyday, and I thought how nice it was not to be sitting in the traffic this morning. My instructor and I have looked at the map numerous times knowing how far we could go south. I knew that sugarloaf mountain was one I could not pass with a line running to damascus, md. So as I flew south, I came up to sugarloaf and made a turn back to the north and proceeded to fly to the practice area, which is to the west of frederick. I did enter the practice area from the south and spent the next hour of some of the best, most comfortable, flying I have had. Proceeded to fly back to the airport that would be frederick and when I notified I was entering back into airspace, frederick unicom notified me that I needed to call potomac approach and she had the phone number. I acknowledged, and after landing, I got the phone number and called. I idented myself and the gentleman explained that I had flown into ADIZ squawking 1200. I was surprised when he said that. He said, I entered 5 mi in and then turned back to the north and flew back up. My deepest apologies. By no means did I want to give anybody any work to do. I'm a student pilot, but maybe we can look at this as training, because now I know about the NASA form and the experience of having to explain myself.

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Title: A STUDENT PLT WITH 23 HRS ENTERS THE DC ADIZ WITHOUT THE CORRECT SQUAWK OR CLRNC WHEN FLYING S FROM FDK, MD.

Narrative: I STARTED MY FLT IN THE MORNING, LEAVING THE FREDERICK ARPT. I WAS JUST GOING UP FOR SOME SOLO TRAINING AND TRYING TO GET MORE COMFORTABLE FLYING BY MYSELF SINCE I HAVE BEEN SOLOING FOR LESS THAN A WK. I STILL HAD AN UNEASY FEELING, SO I THOUGHT IF I FLEW OVER SOME AREA THAT I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH, IT COULD BUILD MY CONFIDENCE. AS I CLBED TO ALT, I NOTICED ALL THE TFC ON THE HWYS, SO I STARTED FLYING S LOOKING AT THE TFC ON RTE 270, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I DO EVERYDAY, AND I THOUGHT HOW NICE IT WAS NOT TO BE SITTING IN THE TFC THIS MORNING. MY INSTRUCTOR AND I HAVE LOOKED AT THE MAP NUMEROUS TIMES KNOWING HOW FAR WE COULD GO S. I KNEW THAT SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN WAS ONE I COULD NOT PASS WITH A LINE RUNNING TO DAMASCUS, MD. SO AS I FLEW S, I CAME UP TO SUGARLOAF AND MADE A TURN BACK TO THE N AND PROCEEDED TO FLY TO THE PRACTICE AREA, WHICH IS TO THE W OF FREDERICK. I DID ENTER THE PRACTICE AREA FROM THE S AND SPENT THE NEXT HR OF SOME OF THE BEST, MOST COMFORTABLE, FLYING I HAVE HAD. PROCEEDED TO FLY BACK TO THE ARPT THAT WOULD BE FREDERICK AND WHEN I NOTIFIED I WAS ENTERING BACK INTO AIRSPACE, FREDERICK UNICOM NOTIFIED ME THAT I NEEDED TO CALL POTOMAC APCH AND SHE HAD THE PHONE NUMBER. I ACKNOWLEDGED, AND AFTER LNDG, I GOT THE PHONE NUMBER AND CALLED. I IDENTED MYSELF AND THE GENTLEMAN EXPLAINED THAT I HAD FLOWN INTO ADIZ SQUAWKING 1200. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN HE SAID THAT. HE SAID, I ENTERED 5 MI IN AND THEN TURNED BACK TO THE N AND FLEW BACK UP. MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES. BY NO MEANS DID I WANT TO GIVE ANYBODY ANY WORK TO DO. I'M A STUDENT PLT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THIS AS TRAINING, BECAUSE NOW I KNOW ABOUT THE NASA FORM AND THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING TO EXPLAIN MYSELF.

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.