UNAUTH PENETRATION OF OTHER SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE BY SMA ON VFR XCOUNTRY.
Synopsis
UNAUTH PENETRATION OF OTHER SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE BY SMA ON VFR XCOUNTRY.
Narrative
ON THE MORNING OF OCT/SUN/95 I OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING FOR A VFR FLT FROM TTN TO ASH THROUGH THE NYC VFR CORRIDOR. AFTER THE WX PORTION THE BRIEFER ISSUED NOTAMS FOR MY RTE OF FLT. THE BRIEFER STATED THAT TEMPORARY AIRSPACE RESTRS WOULD BE IN EFFECT FOR THE VFR CORRIDOR STARTING OCT/MON/95. THE BRIEFER STATED THAT NO RESTRS WERE IN EFFECT ON THE OCT/SUN/95 THE DAY OF MY DEP. I DEPARTED TTN AT XA45 AM LCL AND ENTERED THE VFR CORRIDOR AT ABOUT XB10 AM. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I WAS TOLD OVER THE ADVISORY FREQ TO CONTACT (NEWARK TWR)? ON (126.05)? I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IT WAS NEWARK; THE ATC FACILITY ADVISED ME THAT I WAS INDEED IN VIOLATION OF A TEMPORARY AIRSPACE RESTR. I ACKNOWLEDGED AND CONTINUED ENRTE AS I HAD ALREADY PASSED THROUGH THE RESTR AIRSPACE. ONCE BACK IN NASHUA I CHKED NOTAMS AGAIN VIA DUAT AND SAW THE NOTAM WAS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY. THE CAUSE OF THE PROB WAS RELATED POSSIBLY TO A LACK OF COM AND A MISREADING OF THE COMPUTER MODELS BY THE FSS BRIEFER. IN THE FUTURE; ON MY PART; IF I SUSPECT A NOTAM MAY BE IN PLACE BUT IS TOLD NO; I MAY CHK ANOTHER SOURCE SUCH AS DUAT OR ANOTHER BRIEFING. IN THE FUTURE THE FSS BRIEFER SHOULD PAY CLOSER ATTN TO THE SPECIFIC DATES OF NOTAMS. IN ADDITION; PICKING UP FLT FOLLOWING PRIOR TO ENTERING THE CORRIDOR MAY HAVE HELPED CURVE ME FROM THE TEMPORARY RESTR. MILLVILLE FSS HAS SAVED A COPY OF THE WX BRIEFING AT MY REQUEST. THE MGR THERE CONFIRMED MY ALLEGATION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.