1999-09 · NASA ASRS report 449625
SMA PLT PENETRATED GULF OF MEXICO ADIZ WITHOUT PROPER FLT PLAN ON FILE.
DEPARTED LOZ ENRTE NONSTOP TO MT). NEAR OTK; I TURNED SW AND CLBED TO AVOID TSTMS AHEAD. I WENT OUT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO APPROX 150 MI BEFORE TURNING SE TO AVOID WX AND TO MAINTAIN VFR. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN GOOD VFR AND A SMOOTH RIDE WITH MY 'PICK AND WEAVE' APCH TO THE WX I ENCOUNTERED. W OF PIE AN F16 PULLED UP BESIDE ME AND FOLLOWED FOR APPROX 200 MI. I REALIZED MY WX AVOIDANCE TOOK ME THROUGH THE UNITED STATES ADIZ AND WITHOUT A D-VFR PLAN CAUSED A MIL SCRAMBLE. I ATTEMPTED TO REACH ZMA ON 132.2; BUT NO RESPONSE. WHEN I REACHED MTH UNICOM I WAS ASKED TO IDENT MYSELF; WHICH I DID WITH AN EXPLANATION. THE MIL SUPVR WAS CALLED OFF AND UPON LNDG I WAS ASKED TO CALL ZMA AND THE COAST GUARD; WHICH I DID. BOTH FACILITIES EXPECTED I DEVIATED AROUND WX AND HAD A RADAR TRACK INTO GEORGIA SO I WAS NOT A THREAT; BUT CAUSED CONCERN BECAUSE NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT FLYING OUT OF WX THAN I WAS ABOUT THE ADIZ. NEXT TIME I WILL GIVE MORE ATTN TO THIS AND DO A BETTER JOB OF ANTICIPATING WX AND MY COURSE. COM BY ME WOULD HAVE SOLVED THIS ENTIRE SIT REGARDING ADIZ.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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