FLT INSTRUCTOR OF SMA TRAINING ACFT PENETRATED THE ADIZ WITHOUT A FLT PLAN.

Date: 1992-06 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear

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

Synopsis

FLT INSTRUCTOR OF SMA TRAINING ACFT PENETRATED THE ADIZ WITHOUT A FLT PLAN.

Narrative

I WAS LEAVING PGD ARPT CARRYING A PAX WHO WANTED A TRAINING FLT TO KEY WEST. I CALLED FSS BEFORE LEAVING NAPLES TO FLY TO CHARLOTTE COUNTY ARPT TO MEET THIS PAX. FSS SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE TSTMS INLAND; THE COAST SEEMED TO BE CLR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO KEY WEST. ENRTE; I WAS IN CONTACT WITH FT MYERS APCH WHO WAS GIVING ME FLT FOLLOWING. AFTER REACHING NAPLES; FLT FOLLOWING WAS CANCELLED AND I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT ZMA. AFTER CONTACTING ZMA ON 134.45; I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT HELP ME; THAT I WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT ZMA ON A DIFFERENT FREQ. ZMA WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ME. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINS I WENT BACK TO THE OLD FREQ WHERE I WAS TOLD AGAIN THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. SO; I TRIED TO CALL CTR AGAIN AND THEY WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE; I BELIEVE IT WAS DUE TO TFC ON THE FREQ. BY THIS TIME; I WAS JUST OFFSHORE FROM MARCO ISLAND AND THE WX WAS BUILDING UP BEHIND ME AND ALSO OVER EVERGLADES ARPT (X01). SO; I DECIDED TO TAKE V-539 TO KEY WEST NOT KNOWING I WAS XING THE ADIZ. I THOUGHT THE ADIZ RAN DOWN THE E SIDE OF W-174G. LATER; I CONTACTED NAVY KEY WEST APCH WHO GAVE ME FLT FOLLOWING TO KEY WEST. SOON AFTER I REALIZED WHAT I HAD DONE; BUT BY NOW I WAS 30 NM N OF KEY WEST. A LACK OF PLANNING AND NOT FILING A FLT PLAN WAS THE BIG MISTAKE. ALSO; FEELING PRESSURE FROM MY PAX ADDED TO MY POOR JUDGEMENT. THE TRIP BACK FROM KEY WEST WAS UNEVENTFUL DUE TO CAREFUL PREFLT PLANNING AND FILING OF A FLT PLAN.

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