ERRONEOUS PENETRATION OF TEMPORARY FLT RESTR AREA ALONG HUDSON RIVER CORRIDOR NEAR TEB.

Date: 1995-10 · Aircraft: Cessna 152

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-airspace-violation-entry-or-exit

Synopsis

ERRONEOUS PENETRATION OF TEMPORARY FLT RESTR AREA ALONG HUDSON RIVER CORRIDOR NEAR TEB.

Narrative

THE PROB AROSE WHEN I TOOK SOMEONE SIGHTSEEING. IT WAS CLR VFR AND NO WIND. THIS PERSON WANTED TO FLY NEAR THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. I THEN FLEW DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER; UNDERNEATH THE CLASS B OF NEW YORK. I FLEW BTWN 1000 FT AND 500 FT AGL AFTER PASSING THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE. AFTER I RETURNED TO MY HOME ARPT; I WAS TOLD BY FELLOW FLT INSTRUCTORS THAT THEY HAD HEARD THERE WERE TEMPORARY FLT RESTRS FOR THE EXCURSION. I HAD CALLED; EARLIER IN THE DAY; THE MILLVILLE FLT SVC STATION FOR A WX BRIEFING. HOWEVER; I DID NOT ANTICIPATE FLYING DOWN THE EXCURSION. AS A RESULT; THE BRIEFER DID NOT INFORM ME OF THE RESTRS. THIS WAS OF NO FAULT OF THE BRIEFER. I FAILED TO REQUEST THESE RESTRS BECAUSE I WAS UNAWARE OF THEM. THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN; IS TO HAVE CTL TWRS AWARE OF RESTRS SUCH AS THESE. IN TURN; THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FOREWARN PLTS OF THE RESTRS AND ADVISE THEM TO CALL THE NEAREST FSS. I BLAME ONLY MYSELF FOR NEGLECTING TO OBTAIN THE APPROPRIATE INFO. I DO NOT HOLD THE FSS OR THE CTLRS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY ACTIONS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.