INADVERTENT PENETRATION OF ARSA.

Date: 1992-02 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-airspace-violation-entry-or-exit

Synopsis

INADVERTENT PENETRATION OF ARSA.

Narrative

I DEPARTED FROM N PERRY ARPT ON A SIGHT SEEING FLT WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. I HEADED SE PAST GULFSTREAM PARK (A VFR REF POINT) TO THE BEACH. I TURNED N JUST OFFSHORE AND BEGAN A SLOW DSCNT. I THEN REALIZED I WAS APCHING THE FLL ARSA. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED 180 DEG TO THE R AND PROCEEDED S ALONG THE SHORE. I LOOKED FOR A LANDMARK TO FIX MY MOST NORTHERN POS BUT DID NOT SEE ANYTHING PROMINENT. I AM NOT CERTAIN THAT I PENETRATED THE ARSA BECAUSE I CAUGHT MYSELF RATHER SOON AFTER HDG N ALONG THE SHORELINE AND MY R TURN HOPEFULLY KEPT ME AT MOST UNDER THE OUTER RING OF THE ARSA. HOWEVER; I AM SUBMITTING THIS RPT FOR 2 REASONS. 1; IN CASE I WAS FURTHER N THAN I REALIZED AND NICKED THE 40/SFC RING OF THE FLL ARSA. AND 2; WHETHER I PENETRATED IT OR NOT; THERE ARE 2 LESSONS HERE. 1 IS TO GIVE YOURSELF SOME ADDITIONAL ROOM WHEN OPERATING IN THE PROX OF DAY CTLED AIRSPACE; SECONDLY; EVEN THOUGH I REVIEWED MY TCA CHART SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO THE FLT AND HAD IT OPEN ON MY LAP; I WAS DISTRACTED BY POINTING OUT ITEMS OF INTEREST ON THE GND TO MY PAX.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.