INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO A TEMPORARY FLT RESTR AREA.

Date: 2001-10 · Aircraft: PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-notam-chart-issues

Synopsis

INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO A TEMPORARY FLT RESTR AREA.

Narrative

ON OCT/WED/01 I RECEIVED A BRIEFING FROM THE ZZZ FSS FOR A FLT FROM ZZZ1 TO ZZZ2 AND FROM ZZZ2 TO ZZZ. I DISCUSSED THE TFR'S WITH THE BRIEFER. THE ONLY ONE NEAR MY FLT WAS THE POWER PLANT LISTED SW OF THE CITY. WHILE ON THE PHONE WITH THE BRIEFER I LOCATED THE POWER PLANT ON THE SECTIONAL AND INDICATED I HAD FOUND IT. I MISTAKENLY ASSUMED THE BRIEFER KNEW WHETHER THE PLANT WAS ON THE CHART. UNFORTUNATELY; I TOOK THIS AS CONFIRMATION OF THE LOCATION. BEFORE TKOF FROM ZZZ2 I CALLED FOR A BRIEFING UPDATE FROM THE ZZZ FSS AND WE DISCUSSED THE TFR'S. I INDICATED THAT I KNEW WHERE THE POWER PLANT WAS. I TOOK OFF AROUND XA30 AND I ARRIVED AT ZZZ AROUND XD00. A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE DOING MY EXPENSE REPORT AND FILLING OUT MY LOGBOOK; I LOOKED AT A WEB SITE AND NOTICED MY PREVIOUS FLT WAS STILL DISPLAYED. ALSO DISPLAYED WAS ALL THE TFR'S THAT HAD BEEN INSTITUTED WHILE I WAS AWAY. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE MY PLANNED COURSE INTERSECTED THE PWR PLANT TFR. THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE PWR PLANT TFR IS NOT SHOWN ON THE SECTIONAL. ASSUMING I WAS EXACTLY ON COURSE I CAME TO ABOUT 8 NM FROM THE CTR OF THE 10 NM TFR. THE 'WRONG' POWER PLANT INDICATED ON THE CHART IS ABOUT 30 NM FROM THE CTR. I DO NOT BLAME THE BRIEFER; HE WAS LOOKING AT THE SAME FLAWED INFO AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.

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