PLT OF AN SMT ACFT BELIEVES THAT HE HAD PENETRATED TCA DURING ENCOUNTER WITH WX AND ALSO BELIEVED THAT HE HAD CLRNC SINCE HE WAS GETTING FLT FOLLOWING SVC.

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FLT START LANTANA; FL; DIRECT GAINESVILLE; FL; USED FLT FOLLOWING ALL WAY TO DEST. ON RETURN APPROX 20 NM S OF ORLANDO AT 3500 FT ENTERED IMC. REQUESTED CLB TO 5500 FT TO REMAIN VFR. ON REACHING REALIZED I WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN VFR. TO THE W I SAW CITY LIGHTS AND REQUESTED THAT HDG TO ESCAPE FROM IMC. ONCE CLR AND OVER THE TOWN I ASSUMED TO BE KISSIMMEE; RADAR THEN TERMINATED MY FLT FOLLOWING AND I STAYED CIRCLING ABOVE KISSIMMEE AT 3500 FT STILL INSIDE THE TCA WHICH I HAD HAD CLRNC TO ENTER ON THE N SIDE WHEN TRANSITIONING S. NOW I WAS NOT TALKING TO MCO BUT STILL INSIDE THEIR AIRSPACE. WHILE I RECEIVED WX FROM FSS ST. PETERSBURG AND FILED IFR IN THE AIR. UPON REESTABLISHING RADAR CONTACT WITH MCO TO GET MY CLRNC; THEY IDENTED ME OVER WINTERHAVEN. OTHER FACTORS: LEAKING COMPASS WHICH WAS UNUSABLE WHEN I ENTERED IMC. DIRECTIONAL GYROSCOPE HAD PRECESSED; RADIOS INTERMITTENT; VOR; NAV AND COM; SARCASTIC CTLR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CTLR TERMINATED FLT FOLLOWING IN THE FIRST PLACE WHEN IT'S TO YOUR FINAL DEST. THE OTHER FACTOR: I DIDN'T FIX MY POS PROPERLY; I ASSUMED THE ARPT UNDERNEATH WAS KISSIMMEE BECAUSE THAT FIT AND RADAR DIDN'T GIVE ME A FINAL 'RADAR SVC TERMINATED XX NM S OF ORLANDO ARPT.' ALSO; THE SARCASTIC CTLR WHO WAS WORKING WITH ME WAS; I FEEL; DELIBERATELY DELAYING HIS ANSWERS TO ME; PLUS MY RADIOS GIVING ME TROUBLE. I HAD TO ASK 'SAY AGAIN' SEVERAL TIMES SO I STILL DIDN'T TRUST HIM WHEN HE IDENTED ME OVER WINTERHAVEN. SO I'M FILING NASA ASSUMING I WAS CORRECT ON MY POS AT 3500 FT OVER KISSIMMEE INSIDE THE TCA. ONE THING I COULD HAVE RECOGNIZED WHEN I SAW BEACON FIRST AND NO RWYS. I FLICKED THROUGH ALL UNICOM FREQS 122.7; 122.8; 123.0 MAKING 7 CLICKS TO TURN LIGHTS ON WHICH I ACHIEVED. I SHOULD HAVE WATCHED WHICH FREQ TURNED ON THE LIGHTS AND MATCHED THAT TO THE ARPT INFO FOR THOSE RESPECTIVE ARPTS ON THE CHART TO BE SURE.