SMA PLT VIOLATED A PROHIBITED AREA.

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I WAS OUTBOUND ON THE R340 FROM FDK ENRTE TO INTERCEPT THE LOC FOR THE ILS RWY 27 APCH INTO HGR. I HAD TUNED IN THE LOC FREQ 111.9 AND IDENTED; WAS ENRTE TO NOLIN INTXN AND WAITING FOR NEEDLE MOVEMENT FOR LOC INTERCEPT; WHEN MY NEEDLE STARTED TO MOVE. IT FLIPPED FULL SCALE TO THE R (OPPOSITE OF WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN). I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE TWR AT HGR AND INFORMED THEM OF MY SIT. MY XPONDER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY; AND ZDC AND HGR DID NOT PICK ME UP RIGHT AWAY. I THOUGHT I HAD GONE THROUGH THE LOC SO I MADE A R TURN (180 DEGS) TO TRY AND INTERCEPT IT AGAIN. I REALIZED AT THAT POINT I WAS STILL SE OF THE LOC AND HAD VIOLATED P40. MY PLANE WAS BROKEN INTO AT W00 IN NOVEMBER. MY DME AND XPONDER WERE STOLEN. THESE UNITS WERE REPLACED; BUT I STILL AM HAVING PROBS WITH MY XPONDER AND NAV COM. THAT IS WHY I WAS GOING TO THE FBO IN HAGERSTOWN. I REALIZE THE DECISION I MADE TO TURN R AND GO AFTER THE LOC WAS A MISTAKE AND I SHOULD HAVE TUNED INTO THE HGR VOR AND FLOWN DIRECT TO IT AND SET UP FOR A STANDARD VFR DOWNWIND ENTRY.