SMA DID NOT RECEIVE NOTAM BRIEFING OF TEMPORARY RESTR AREA.
Synopsis
SMA DID NOT RECEIVE NOTAM BRIEFING OF TEMPORARY RESTR AREA.
Narrative
MID DAY AUG/MON/95 I CALLED COLUMBIA FSS (COU) FOR LCL NOTAMS. I TOLD THEM I WOULD BE MOVING AN ACFT FROM FULTON; MO (FTT); TO BOONVILLE; MO (VER) FOR MAINT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON VFR ALONG I-70. THEY GAVE ME THE NORMAL TWR; LIGHTING AND NAVAID NOTAMS. I ASKED THEM ABOUT A SPECIAL EVENT AT COU. THEY SAID NO LCL NOTAMS REGARDING THEM. I DID NOT GIVE THEM AN ACFT NUMBER. APPROX XX00 LCL TIME; I FLEW FROM FTT TO VER. LCL PLTS FLY ALONG I-70 VFR TO AVOID COU CLASS D AIRSPACE AND AVOID APCH AND DEPS OFF RWY 2 AND RWY 20. WBOUNDS FLY JUST N OF I-70 TO EBOUND JUST S. DURING THE FLT THERE WAS NO EVENT TFC. WHILE RIDING BY AUTO BACK TO FTT; I CALLED COU FSS AGAIN; GAVE THEM THE ACFT N-NUMBER AND ASKED AGAIN ABOUT NOTAMS IN COU AND INFO ON THE SPECIAL EVENT. AGAIN I WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO NOTAMS RELATED. THIS WAS APPROX XX00 LCL. 2 HRS LATER; I CALLED TO FILE IFR FLT PLANS FOR ACFT FOR NEXT DAY. THE BRIEFER AT COU FSS WAS 'X.' DURING THE BRIEFING; X GAVE ME A FDC NOTAM THAT ESTABLISHED A TEMPORARY RESTR AREA OVER THE N PART OF COLUMBIA; MO; BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL EVENT. I TOLD HIM OF MY 2 PRIOR BRIEFINGS WITHOUT THE FDC NOTAM ESTABLISHING THE RESTR AREA. HE CHKED THE COMPUTER AND SAID THAT THE NOTAM WOULD ONLY COME UP ON THE BRIEFING COMPUTER IF A 'RTE BRIEFING' WERE REQUESTED. IT WOULD NOT COME UP IF A 'LCL BRIEFING' WERE REQUESTED. HE SAID HE WOULD NOTIFY HIS SUPVR OF THE PROB. THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION IS THAT THIS TYPE OF FDC NOTAM ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY RESTR AREA SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN 'LCL BRIEFING' ALSO.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.