PLT OF SMA LOST IN HAZE LANDED AT MIL ARPT.

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PROBLEM: ORIENTATION DUE TO HAZE. CONCERN REGARDING CONVECTIVE SIGMET IN RTE OF FLT NEAR DEST; DTL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: INEXPERIENCE IN VOR ORIENTATION; INEXPERIENCE IN FLYING IN HAZE WITH VFR MINS. SOME DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING PRINCETON FSS DUE TO HIGH PITCHED VOICE AND RADIO SIGNAL. NOW DISCOVERED: POS FIXES REQUESTED FROM FSS INSTRUCTED TO SQUAWK 7700 BY FSS. PROBLEM IDENTING LANDMARK AND LOCATING ST CLOUD VOR AND LITTLE FALLS ARPT. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: DIVERTED FROM FLT PLAN INTENDING TO LAND AT LITTLE FALLS OVERSHOT AND LANDED AT ARF (DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY) SAFELY. RPTED LNDG TO PRINCETON FSS. PERCEPTION; JUDGEMENT; DECISIONS: DUE TO DIFFICULTY IN RADIO COM WITH FSS; INEXPERIENCE IN HAZE; AND LOCATING ARPT; I LANDED AT CAMP RIPLEY MISTAKENLY (CONSIDERING IT TO BE LITTLE FALLS OR ST CLOUD) TO WAIT UNTIL FRONT PASSED OR HAZE LIFTED. ENRTE WX CONCERNS PROMPTED MY DECISION TO LAND. FACTORS AFFECTING QUALITY OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE: INEXPERIENCE IN HAZE; INEXPERIENCE IN VOR ORIENTATION; RADIO COM WITH PRINCETON FSS. ACTIONS OR INACTIONS: WAITED ON GND AT CAMP RIPLEY UPON RECEIVING PERMISSION FROM AIRFIELD COMMANDER. RPTED LNDG TO PRINCETON FSS. RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM AAF TO DEPART; FLY THROUGH SW CORNER OF R4301 ENRTE TO DTL. ARRIVED DTL. FLT PLAN AAF-DTL FILED; OPENED; AND CLOSED WITH PRINCETON FSS. COMMENT: AN SMA ACFT RELAYED COMS. AT NO TIME WAS OUTCOME OF FLT IN DOUBT.