AN EXPERIMENTAL ACFT PLT VIOLATED A TFR INVOLVING ENHANCED CLASS B AIRSPACE.
Synopsis
AN EXPERIMENTAL ACFT PLT VIOLATED A TFR INVOLVING ENHANCED CLASS B AIRSPACE.
Narrative
I WAS ON A VFR FLT FROM AN AREA NEAR ZZZ TO ZZZ1 IN MY HOMEBUILT ACFT USING PILOTAGE AND DEAD-RECKONING WITH THE AID OF A MAGNETIC COMPASS ONLY. I HAD NO NAVCOM AS MY HANDHOLD UNIT HAD RECENTLY FAILED AND WAS AT A REPAIR STATION FOR REPAIR. MY INTENT WAS TO PROCEED TO THE ZZZ2 ARPT NEARBY AND PASS UNDER THE ZZZ4 TCA AT 1500 FT. THE TERRAIN BTWN THESE 2 POINTS IS QUITE HEAVILY WOODED WITH LOTS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION AND 4 LAND ROADS; WITHOUT ANY PROMINENT LANDMARKS EASILY RECOGNIZABLE FROM THE AIR. AN ARPT RWY CAME INTO MY VIEW WHICH I MISTAKENLY TOOK FOR ZZZ2 ARPT. THE WIND HAD DRIFTED ME MUCH FARTHER S. I PROCEEDED ON A 90 DEG HDG FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINS WHEN 2 JETS PASSED ME ON MY L AT 1/2 MI. THEY CIRCLED TO MY R AND DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. A FEW MINS LATER; THEY AGAIN APPEARED ON MY L AND CIRCLED TO MY R. MY THOUGHTS WERE THAT THEY WERE PRACTICING LNDGS AT ANDREWS AFB. THEY CONTINUED CIRCLING FROM L TO R. I COULD SEE NO SIGNALS SUCH AS ROCKING OF WINGS; LOWERING OF LNDG GEAR OR SHARP PULL-UPS TO SIGNAL WHAT THEY WANTED ME TO DO. WITHOUT A RADIO; I COULD NOT LEGALLY LAND AT A CTLED ARPT. MY FUEL SUPPLY WAS DOWN TO 30 MINS REMAINING. I DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD BE MOST PRUDENT TO CONTINUE TO MY HOME BASE WHERE I HAD THE NECESSARY EQUIP TO REFUEL WITH AUTO GAS. THE JETS CONTINUED TO CIRCLE; BUT THEY CHANGED THEIR PATTERN TO R TO L UNTIL I REACHED MY DEST. THERE I WAS INTERROGATED BY A GOV AGENT. HE SAID CASE DISMISSED; AND STAY CLR OF WASHINGTON; DC. MY STRAYING INTO RESTR AIRSPACE WAS UNINTENTIONAL AND FOR WHICH I APOLOGIZE. IF THE CURRENT RESTRS ARE TO BECOME PERMANENT; IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IF THEIR BOUNDARIES WERE SO INDICATED ON THE WASHINGTON SECTIONAL AERO CHART.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.