SMA EXPERIENCES RADIO PROBLEMS AND INADVERTENTLY PENETRATES TCA AND ATA WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.

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I DEPARTED N52 AND WAS ENRTE TO BDR. I ESTIMATED FLT TIME WOULD BE 45 MINS. A STANDARD WX BRIEFING OBTAINED APPROX 1 HR PRIOR TO DEP RPTED BOTH CURRENT AND FORECAST WX TO BE GOOD FOR VFR FLT. WITHIN ABOUT A MIN AND A HALF AFTER LIFTOFF; I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT NY APCH CTL TO OBTAIN CLRNC INTO THE NY TCA. I WAS FLYING ON A MAGNETIC HDG OF ABOUT 60 DEGS. WINDS ALOFT WERE FAIRLY STRONG AT ABOUT 22 KTS FROM THE SW. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WERE FUTILE. NO ONE REPLIED. I CHANGED FREQS AND CONTINUED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT NY APCH CTL BUT STILL WITH NO SUCCESS. PRIOR TO ENTERING THE MORRISTOWN ATA; I ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH MORRISTOWN TWR; OBTAINED CLRNC THROUGH ITS ATA; AND PROCEEDED VIA PILOTAGE TOWARDS CDW. LIKEWISE; I ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH CALDWELL TWR AND WAS APPROVED TO TRANSIT ITS ATA. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE TROUBLE BEGAN. WHILE HDG TOWARDS WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE CDW; IT TURNED OUT THAT I WAS ACTUALLY HDG TOWARD TEB. AS I FLEW OVER RWY 6 I CALLED CDW TWR TO GIVE THEM A POS RPT; WHEN THE TWR INFORMED ME THERE WAS NO RWY 6 AT CDW. I ASKED CDW TWR TO STANDBY; CHKED MY CHART TO SEE WHERE ELSE I MIGHT BE; AND DEDUCED THAT I WAS PROBABLY OVER TEB. A QUICK CHK IN MY ARPT/FACILITY DIRECTORY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A RWY 6 AT TEB. SUSPECTING THAT I WAS NOW OVER TEB; I RESUMED CONTACT WITH CDW TWR; INFORMED THEM OF MY SUSPICION; OBTAINED FREQ CHANGE APPROVAL FROM CDW; THEN ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT TEB TWR. I BANKED L; ESTABLISHED A NORTHERLY DIRECTION OF FLT SO THAT I COULD PARALLEL THE HUDSON RIVER. MY PLAN WAS TO CONTINUE FLYING N UNTIL I COULD SEE THE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE; A PROMINENT AND FAMILIAR LANDMARK. ALSO IN MY PLAN WAS TO CONTINUE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT EITHER TEB TWR OR NY APCH CTL SO THAT I COULD GIVE THEM A POS RPT. NUMEROUS CALLS AGAIN WENT UNANSWERED. AS IT TURNED OUT; I WAS NOT ABLE TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH ANYONE SO I PROCEEDED OVER LAND ON THE NJ SIDE TOWARDS THE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE AT ABOUT 1700 FT; UNFORTUNATELY WELL WITHIN THE NY TCA. AT A POS APPROX 1 MI N OF THE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE; I CALLED WESTCHESTER TWR REQUESTING TRANSIT THROUGH ITS ATA; ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH THE TWR AND GAVE THE TWR MY POS RPT. INITIALLY; THE TWR WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ME ON ITS RADAR; ADVISED ME TO STAY CLR OF ITS ATA; BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER (WITHIN ABOUT 1 MIN) DID LOCATE ME ON RADAR AND ISSUED A CLRNC TO ME FOR TRANSIT THROUGH ITS ATA. WITHIN ANOTHER MIN; WESTCHESTER TWR ADVISED ME THAT NY CTL HAD INFORMED WESTCHESTER TWR THAT I HAD VIOLATED THE TEB ATA AND THE NY TCA AS WELL. WESTCHESTER TWR GAVE ME A TELEPHONE NUMBER TO NY TRACON AND SUGGESTED THAT I CALL AND EXPLAIN THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO NY TRACON UPON LNDG AT BRIDGEPORT. AFTER LNDG AT BRIDGEPORT; I CALLED NY TRACON; IDENTED MYSELF ONLY BY ACFT TAIL NUMBER AND WAS NONCHALANTLY TOLD THAT I WOULD BE 'RECEIVING SOMETHING IN THE MAIL FROM THE LCL FSDO.' NO ONE ASKED FOR MY NAME OR ANY INFO AT ALL.