SMA ACCUSED OF PENETRATING CLASS B AIRSPACE AND CAUSING VECTORING FOR DEPARTING ACFT FROM CLASS B AIRSPACE.

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AS I WAS ABOUT TO DEPART THE WASHINGTON; DC; AREA FOR A DINNER SPEAKING COMMITMENT IN CALDWELL; NJ; MY PARENTS CALLED TO ADVISE THAT MY FATHER WAS SCHEDULED FOR UNPLANNED SURGERY ON THURSDAY OR POSSIBLY FRIDAY. I PROCEEDED ON AN IFR FLT PLAN TO CDW; MADE MY PRESENTATION; PROCEEDED TO A LCL HOTEL TO RON PRIOR TO CONTINUING ON TO CONNECTICUT TO BE WITH MY PARENTS THURSDAY MORNING. I CALLED MILLVILLE FSS; RECEIVED A WX BRIEF FOR AN EARLY MORNING DEP AND WAS TOLD TO EXPECT VFR. I THEN FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN (CDW DIRECT CMK VOR DIRECT HVN; CT; MORNING DEP). UPON ARRIVING AT CDW NEXT MORNING; THE WX WAS VFR AND I OPTED TO PROCEED VFR RATHER THAN ACTIVATE MY IFR FLT PLAN. IN THE INTERESTS OF NOISE ABATEMENT; I DECLINED RWY 27 AND REQUESTED RWY 22; FULL LENGTH. RWY 22 IS THE LONGER RWY. ON DEP (XA50 HRS) I SQUAWKED 1200; CLBED QUICKLY TO 1500 FT; FOLLOWED LCL DEP NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS; HEADED NW (HDG 310 DEGS) TO MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM INNER CORE OF CLASS B AIRSPACE AND INTERCEPTED THE CMK 249 DEG RADIAL. I THEN MAINTAINED 2000 FT; PLUS OR MINUS 100 FT; AND CROSSED THE HUDSON RIVER N OF THE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE. SOME DISTANCE E OF THE RIVER AND STILL ON THE CMK 249 DEG RADIAL; I STARTED A SLOW TURN TO A MORE EASTERLY HDG TOWARD HVN. PRIMARY NAV WAS PILOTAGE/VISUAL LANDMARKS. CMK WAS RPTING BETTER THAN 5000 FT AND 5 MI. THROUGHOUT THIS SEGMENT OF THE FLT; I COULD SEE NEW YORK CITY ON THE HORIZON; A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 30 MI. AT NO TIME WAS I EVER ABOVE 2100 FT. TO THE VERY BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE; I WAS NEVER IN CLASS B AIRSPACE AND I CIRCUMNAVED HPN CLASS D AIRSPACE. ON LNDG AT HVN; I WAS DIRECTED TO CONTACT NEW YORK TRACON. REASON: AIRSPACE VIOLATION. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED AND MR. X TRACON SUPVR STATED THAT NEW YORK HAD TRACKED ME ALL THE WAY. I HAD PENETRATED CLASS B AIRSPACE AND BECAUSE HPN WAS DEPARTING TO THE NW AND I WAS NOT IN RADIO CONTACT WITH NEW YORK TRACON; NEW YORK HAD TO VECTOR DEPARTING TFC. WHEN PASSING THROUGH THE AREA IN QUESTION; I OBSERVED ACFT OPERATING BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW MY ALT. FROM MY VANTAGE POINT; THERE WERE NO CONFLICTS OR EVEN POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. I APOLOGIZED PROFUSELY IF I HAD CAUSED A PROB OR TRANSGRESSION; ASSURED MR. X THAT I HAD NOT PENETRATED CLASS B AIRSPACE AND THAT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE I HAD NOT PENETRATED HPN CLASS D AIRSPACE. WHEN I ASKED WHAT I COULD/SHOULD DO; HE RESPONDED TO BE MORE VIGILANT; AWARE OF MY POS. HOW TO AVOID A RECURRENCE? 1) ONLY NAV/OPERATE IFR IRRESPECTIVE OF WX CONDITIONS. 2) IF NAVING/OPERATING VFR NEAR CLASS B; C; D AIRSPACE; REQUEST/INSIST ON TA'S/VECTORS; NAV VIA VOR RADIALS -- NEVER PILOTAGE.