BE35 PLT ENTERS THE NY ADIZ WITHOUT A DISCRETE XPONDER CODE.
Synopsis
BE35 PLT ENTERS THE NY ADIZ WITHOUT A DISCRETE XPONDER CODE.
Narrative
RETURNING FROM SRQ; I STOPPED AT FKN TO REFUEL AND FILE A VFR FLT PLAN BY TELEPHONE TO MY BASE AT DAW AND REQUEST A CLRNC THROUGH THE NYC TFR. I REQUESTED TO ENTER THROUGH RBV VOR AND EXIT AT CMK VOR. I HAD BEEN GIVEN THESE ENTRY/EXIT POINTS BY THE NYC FSS ON MY WAY S ON 03/TUE/03. THE JYO FSS BRIEFER ASKED WHEN I COULD EXPECT TO BE AT RBV VOR. I TOLD HIM 2 HOURS. HE ALSO CLRED ME TO PSM VOR BECAUSE HE COULD NOT FIND DAW. I CONTACTED ORF APCH WHO WERE ANTICIPATING ME ON 127.9. I WAS GIVEN A SQUAWK CODE 563. I WAS HANDED TO WASHINGTON CTR AND THEN TO NYC CTR ON 118.97 AT RBV VOR. I WAS HAND OVER TO 126.7; THE CTLR THERE SAID; 'OH IS THAT YOU AT RBV' AND TOLD ME TO 'SQUAWK 1200.' I TRIED TO SPEAK; BUT HE WAS BUSY AND NEVER REPLIED. I HAD HEARD HIM SPEAK TO OTHER ACFT SAYING CMK VOR WAS OUTSIDE HIS AIRSPACE. AS I ENTERED NEAR CMK I REQUESTED A HANDOFF AND WAS GIVEN 120.55. THE NEW CTLR ASKED IF I KNEW I HAD ENTERED THE TFR. I WAS GIVEN A NEW SQUAWK CODE AND EXPLAINED THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF MY DEST; ALTHOUGH ORF APCH AND WASHINGTON CTR WERE. I WAS FOLLOWED BY AN F16 TO BRADLEY; AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DAW.
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