A C182 PVT PLT UNKNOWINGLY ENTERS RESTR AREA DEPARTING A NON TWR ARPT AT 6B9; NY.

Date: 1999-09 · Phase: initial_climb

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types

Synopsis

A C182 PVT PLT UNKNOWINGLY ENTERS RESTR AREA DEPARTING A NON TWR ARPT AT 6B9; NY.

Narrative

I HAD NOT BEEN TO SKANEATELES ARPT (6B9) FOR 2 WKS. I WAS MOST ASSUREDLY CONCENTRATING ON MY FLT PLAN; TO CHATHAM (CQX) ON CAPE COD; AT ABOUT XA45 THAT DAY WHEN I SPOKE WITH BUFFALO FSS TO BRIEF AND FILE. PART OF THE BRIEF ARE THE NOTAMS. THERE WERE 'NO NOTAMS PERTINENT TO YOUR FLT.' I ARRIVED AT THE ARPT WITH MY FAMILY AT XC00 AND PREFLT THE ACFT. (THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OR NOTICES POSTED ANYWHERE ON THE ARPT; AND ITS OWNER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED; I LATER FOUND OUT.) I DEPARTED AT XC30 ON THE CORRECT RWY; WHICH BECAUSE OF AN E WIND; WAS RWY 10. I DID A STANDARD DEP; 1000 FPM; WHICH APPARENTLY TOOK ME ADJACENT TO THE VIP'S HOUSE. AT THIS TIME I WAS BEGINNING TO SPEAK WITH SYR APCH CTL; WHO GAVE ME A XPONDER CODE; AND AT ABOUT 4 MI FROM THE ARPT CALLED 'RADAR CONTACT.' I GUESS I WAS AT ABOUT 900 FT AND JUST N OF THE HOUSE ON MY INITIAL CLBOUT. I WAS CONTACTED BY GOV ORGANIZATION AT MY DEST (CQX) AND I ASSURED THEM THAT I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE LOCATION OF VIP'S HOUSE AND WAS NOT WARNED BY FSS OR ANY NOTIFICATION AT THE ARPT. MY CHOICE OF RWY AND DEP PROCS WERE CORRECT; SAFE; AND STANDARD; AND CONDUCTED UNDER AN INST FLT PLAN. I CAME TO LEARN LATER FROM OTHER PLTS; THAT EVEN AFTER SEVERAL INCURSIONS; THERE WERE NO NOTICES POSTED AT SKANEATELES ARPT. I ALSO LEARNED THAT THE APCH TO RWY 28 AND DEP ON RWY 10 WERE WITHIN THE VIP'S AIRSPACE; SO VIOLATION WAS INEVITABLE; AND WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER AN ACFT TAXIED ONTO THE RWY.

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