PVT PLT ON NO FLT PLAN PENETRATED AN ADIZ AIRSPACE AND IS INTERCEPTED BY US MIL FREIGHT ACFT.

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I WAS ON A NON-STOP DIRECT VFR FLT. I DEPARTED (FPR) FORT PIERCE ST LUCIE COUNTY INTL FLORIDA AT XXAM EST TIME ON JUN/XX/94. THE CTL TWR WAS CLOSED. I DEPARTED VFR IN CLR CONDITIONS. I WAS NAVING DIRECT BY USE OF LORAN TO (OXC) OXFORD; CONNECTICUT. THIS RTE WOULD BRING ME ABOUT 100 MI OUT TO SEA. I HAD USED THIS RTE BEFORE BUT HAD ALWAYS USED FLT FOLLOWING. WHEN I APCHED THE N CAROLINA COAST I WAS INTERCEPTED BY F-16-JETS TO IDENT ME. I HAD NEGLECTED TO NOTIFY CTR UPON XING ADIZ. SOME CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE NOT NORMALLY USING FLT FOLLOWING. HAVING LOST ABOUT 5 HRS BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL PROBS WITH THE ACFT. NOT THINKING OF ADIZ NOTIFICATION AS NEEDED SINCE I HADN'T LANDED OUTSIDE OF COUNTRY. I CONTACTED ZDC AS I ENTERED LAND AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA TO GET FLT FOLLOWING FOR THE REMAINDER OF TRIP. SHORTLY AFTER CONTACTING ZDC I WAS MADE AWARE OF MY VIOLATION OF ADIZ. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I REALIZED WHAT THE PROB WAS. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT DUE TO THIS EXPERIENCE IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.