C182 PLT DEPS 3BI ENRTE SMQ; AND RECEIVES INCORRECT ATC INFO ALONG THE WAY; AND ALLOWED TO LAND AT MMU.

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I THINK; THOUGH I'M STILL NOT SURE; THAT I VIOLATED AN ENHANCED CLASS B. I WAS ON FLT FROM 3B1 IN MAINE TO SMQ IN NJ. MY HOME FIELD IS MMU IN NJ; BUT I BELIEVED I COULDN'T FLY TO IT BECAUSE IT UNDERLIES THE NY CLASS B AND BECAUSE OF THE VFR RESTRS IN THE ENHANCED CLASS B. I GOT AN FSS BRIEFING AND WAS TOLD THE VFR CLASS B RESTRS WERE INDEED STILL IN EFFECT. I FILED AND OPENED A FLT PLAN WITH BANGOR. I USED FLT FOLLOWING ALL THE WAY AND HENCE HAD A SQUAWK CODE WHEN I ARRIVED IN THE NY AREA. IN THE FINAL HANDOFF TO NY APCH; I WAS CLRED TO ENTER THE CLASS B DIRECT TO MMU AND TO DESCEND FROM 4500 FT TO 3500 FT. THIS WAS STRANGE TO ME SINCE MMU WASN'T MY DEST. I TOLD THE CTLR THAT I WAS VFR; THAT MY DEST WAS SMQ; BUT THAT IF VFR FLT WAS NOW ALLOWED THROUGH THE CLASS B; I WOULD GO TO MMU. HE STATED THAT IT WAS ALLOWED AND THAT HE HAD INDEED CLRED ME TO MMU. I ACCEPTED THE CLRNC AND WHEN THE ARPT WAS IN SIGHT; I WAS DIRECTED TO CONTACT THE TWR. I DID AND MMU TOWER CTLR TOLD ME THAT SINCE HE HAD BEEN ON SHIFT; ANYONE WITH A SQUAWK WAS ALLOWED THROUGH. I RETURNED HOME AND LOOKED UP THE NOTAMS. I COULD FIND NONE THAT APPLIED; SO I CALLED FSS AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND ASKED IF I HAVE MISSED OR MISUNDERSTOOD A NOTAM. HE SAID I GOT LUCKY; BUT THAT I WAS STRICTLY IN VIOLATION. HOWEVER; HE SAID THAT HE WOULD CALL UP NY CENTER AND SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AT LEAST THREE MISTAKES HAPPENED IF THIS WAS INDEED A VIOLATION: 1) I SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH THE NOTAMS I READ AND NOT ACCEPTED THE CLRNC. I DID IT MOSTLY BECAUSE; WITH THE RULES CHANGING SO OFTEN; I ASSUMED I MISSED ONE OR THAT THEY CHANGED WHILE I WAS IN THE AIR. I ALSO ASSUMED ATC HAD MORE CURRENT INFO THAN I DID. A BAD ASSUMPTION. 2) THE CTLR SHOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING TO MMU. I BELIEVE THAT MISTAKE WAS BECAUSE A PREVIOUS CTLR; I BELIEVE BDL APPROACH; MADE THE MISTAKE. HE ASKED ME MY FINAL DEST. I SAID SOMERSET; NJ; SMQ. HE COULDN'T FIND IT AND ASKED ME FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAT WAS NEARBY. I TOLD HIM MMU. MMU MUST HAVE BEEN RELAYED ALONG AS MY DEST RATHER THAN SMQ. 3) THE MMU CTLR; SEEING BOTH MY DEST AS MMU AND THAT I HAD A SQUAWK; MUST HAVE ASSUMED THAT I FELL INTO ONE OF THE MANY VFR CATEGORIES ALLOWED TO FLY IN THE CLASS B. MY SURPRISE AT THE CLRNC SHOULD HAVE CLUED HIM OF SOMETHING WRONG BUT; GIVEN THAT I WAS HAPPY TO GO TO MMU; HE LET IT GO. HOWEVER; THE BIGGEST PROB MAY BE THE AMBIGUITY AND CONSTANT RULE CHANGING FOLLOWING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS. THE FAA NEEDS A BETTER AND CLRER WAY TO DISSEMINATE INFO. NOTAMS ONLY WORK WHEN THE TIME BETWEEN CHANGES IS LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF A FLT.