UNAUTH UNCOORD PENETRATION OF CLASS C AIRSPACE BY THE LOW TIME PVT PLT OF A C152 NEAR TOLEDO; OH.

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I WAS FLYING TO TOLEDO SUBURBAN ARPT (LAMBERTVILLE; MI). THE DAY WAS PERFECTLY CLR AND I SAW ALL LANDMARKS (IN AFD) ON MY RTE UNTIL APPROX 7 MI N OF SUBURBAN. I KEPT ON A COURSE I BELIEVED WOULD TAKE ME DIRECTLY OVER THE ARPT AT 2500 FT MSL; AND AFTER LOCATING IT; I WOULD ENTER THE PATTERN AND LAND. WITHOUT REALIZING IT I MUST HAVE PASSED THE ARPT (WHICH IS SHROUDED BY TREES) AND ENTERED CLASS C AIRSPACE WITHOUT KNOWING IT. I WAS ON 122.7; SUBURBAN'S CTAF. NO TWR THERE. AS SOON AS I REALIZED I WAS S OF THE ARPT; I MADE A 180 DEG TURN AND WENT N; FOUND THE ARPT AND LANDED. SUBURBAN ARPT IS ABOUT 1 MI N OF CLASS C AIRSPACE FOR TOLEDO. I SHOULD'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TOLEDO BEFORE GOING TO CTAF FOR SUBURBAN. I PUT TOO MUCH FAITH IN THE GOOD VISIBILITY AND I ASSUMED I WOULDN'T MISS THE ARPT. BASICALLY IT WAS A PROB OF SLOPPY RADIO PROCS. FROM NOW ON; I WILL CONTACT CLASS C AIRSPACE WITHIN 20 MI TO AVOID THIS SIT AGAIN. I USED TO DO THIS ALWAYS AS A 'NEWER' PLT; BUT LATELY I'VE BEEN NOTICING A DECREASE IN ATTN TO DETAIL. THE TRIP SEEMED SO SHORT (20 MINS); 'WHY BOTHER CONTACTING TOLEDO;' WAS MY ATTITUDE. IN A WAY; I'M GLAD THIS HAPPENED. NO HARM WAS DONE; BUT I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT I NEED TO RE-FOCUS MY ATTN ON SAFETY AND NOT LET FAMILIARITY; GOOD WX; AND SHORT DISTANCES DECREASE MY COMMITMENT TO PROPER PLT TECHNIQUES.