PA32 PLT WAS INTERCEPTED BY A HOMELAND SECURITY CESSNA CITATION BUSINESS JET FOR PENETRATION OF NY ADIZ AIRSPACE.

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ON 04/MON/03; I WAS FLYING FROM LOM TO CALVERTON; NY. I PURCHASED A NEW VFR NY CHART AND DECIDED TO PROCEED. I HAVE DONE THIS FLT 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. NORMALLY; I WOULD GET FLT FOLLOWINGS. THIS DAY WAS SO CLR I DECIDED JUST TO MONITOR PHILADELPHIA AND THEN NY CENTER. I TOOK OFF FROM LOM APPROX XA00 HOURS ON 04/MON/03; FLYING GPS APPROX 090 HDG ACROSS PA AND THEN NJ OVER THE WATER ABOUT 15 MILES OFF SHORE AT 1100 FT. ONCE IN NY AREA; APPROX 15 MINS; I NOTICED A SMALL JET GETTING CLOSE TO ME. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THEY WERE TAKING PICTURES. AS THEY GOT CLOSER I REALIZED I MUST BE IN CLASS B AIRSPACE BY MISTAKE. I BELIEVE IT WAS A CITATION. THE NEXT THING I NOTICED WAS THE CO-PLT PUTTING A PAPER TO THE R SIDE WINDOW. I COULD NOT READ IT. AT THIS POINT; I JUST KEPT FLYING MY PRESENT HDG. I WANTED TO GET CLOSER TO READ THE PAPER; BUT I DID NOT WANT TO TURN TOWARDS THE CITATION THINKING I MIGHT GIVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION. A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER THE CITATION CAME CLOSER. I BELIEVE THE WINDOW FRAME WAS BLOCKING THE LAST TWO NUMBERS. A MIN OR SO LATER I COULD SEE 121 SO I KEPT TRYING TO CALL 121.0; 121.1; ETC. WHEN I GOT TO 121.5 I HAD COM WITH THE CITATION. AT THAT POINT; THEY IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS HOMELAND SECURITY AND INSTRUCTED ME TO LAND IN ISP. AT THAT POINT; THEY TURNED AWAY. I TURNED THE HDG THEY DIRECTED ME TO AND PROGRAMMED ISP IN MY GPS. WHILE I PUT THE INFO IN MY GPS; I MADE A 360 DEG TURN. I JUST HAD NEW GARMEN UNIT PUT IN MY ACFT 3 MONTHS AGO SO IT TOOK ME A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN USUAL BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD EVERYTHING OK IN MY RADIO. AT THAT TIME; THE CITATION GAVE ME ISP APCH CTL SO I PROCEEDED TO LAND IN ISP. I WAS DIRECTED WHERE TO GO ON THE RAMP AND WAS TOLD TO WAIT FOR CUSTOMS. APPROX 5 MINS LATER CUSTOMS SHOWED UP AND DID A FULL SEARCH OF MY ACFT AND BELONGINGS. THEY TOLD ME OF MY ERROR AND ASKED ME WHY. THEY ALSO CHKED OUT ALL OF MY PAPERWORK. I TOLD THEM MY FLT RTE AND DEST. THEY ASKED ME IF I FILED A FLT PLAN; LISTED TO ATIS OR RECEIVED NOTAMS. I SAID I DID NOT. AFTER CHKING EVERYTHING; THEY GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO THE FAA AND DIRECTED ME TO CALL ASAP. I CALLED THE NUMBER AND EXPLAINED MY ERROR AND GAVE MY INFO. AT THAT TIME; THE FAA RELEASED ME TO CONTINUE. I HAD TO FILE A VFR FLT PLAN TO RETURN TO LOM WHICH I DID. I RARELY FLY WITHOUT FLT FOLLOWINGS; AND I ALSO KNOW I WAS WRONG NOT GETTING THE NOTAMS. I AM TRULY SORRY! I ALWAYS TRY NOT TO BOTHER THE LARGE ARPT RADAR CREW AND CTRS BECAUSE I FEEL SMALL VFR PLTS ARE A BOTHER TO THEM.