A helicopter pilot was notified by a homeland security officer after landing that he had violated a ...

Narrative:

In early january; I was planning a sightseeing flight in my helicopter to the east basin area. Before takeoff I checked with FSS for any NOTAMS or tfr's in the area; to find out there were none. I took off mid afternoon and departed to the east. After approximately 45 minutes of flying the area I returned for landing at my departure airport. At this point a homeland security helicopter landed behind me and the officers reported to me that they observed me penetrating the 3-mile tfr over a football game. When I told them that FSS did not mention any tfr's in the area and they refused to believe it. We called FSS via my cell phone in their presence and the briefer again confirmed that there were no tfr's in the system for this area. The hss officer was surprised and asked the FSS briefer for his identification number. As a veteran helicopter pilot flying the area for many years; I am aware of the fact that sport event tfr's are not published by FSS. If the FAA cannot inform pilots of an existing tfr how does the FAA expect us to avoid one?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A helicopter pilot was notified by a Homeland Security Officer after landing that he had violated a ZLA TFR but after discussing the issue with FSS it was confirmed that the TFR was not broadcast to pilots via preflight briefings or NOTAMS.

Narrative: In early January; I was planning a sightseeing flight in my helicopter to the East Basin area. Before takeoff I checked with FSS for any NOTAMS or TFR's in the area; to find out there were none. I took off mid afternoon and departed to the east. After approximately 45 minutes of flying the area I returned for landing at my departure airport. At this point a Homeland Security helicopter landed behind me and the Officers reported to me that they observed me penetrating the 3-mile TFR over a football game. When I told them that FSS did not mention any TFR's in the area and they refused to believe it. We called FSS via my cell phone in their presence and the Briefer again confirmed that there were no TFR's in the system for this area. The HSS Officer was surprised and asked the FSS Briefer for his ID Number. As a veteran helicopter pilot flying the area for many years; I am aware of the fact that sport event TFR's are not published by FSS. If the FAA cannot inform pilots of an existing TFR how does the FAA expect us to avoid one?

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	989394
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Rotorcraft Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 2500
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types

A helicopter pilot was notified by a homeland security officer after landing that he had violated a ZLA tfr but after discussing the issue with FSS it was confirmed that the tfr was not broadcast to pilots via preflight briefings or NOTAMS.