A C172 THOUGHT THEY WERE CLR OF THE DISNEY AIRSPACE TFR; BUT UNINTENTIONALLY CUT THE CORNER OF IT.

Date: 2003-05 · Aircraft: Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown

Synopsis

A C172 THOUGHT THEY WERE CLR OF THE DISNEY AIRSPACE TFR; BUT UNINTENTIONALLY CUT THE CORNER OF IT.

Narrative

LEFT ORL FROM RWY 25; PROCEEDED WNW PASSING (ALT OF 2500 FT) ABOUT 4 MILES N OF DISNEYWORLD. WHEN CLR; TURNED S TO BOW. UPON ARR AT BOW ARPT; ONE OF THE MECHANICS HANDED ME A NOTE TO CALL ATC; AS HE CALLED AND SAID I HAD TURNED INTO DISNEY AIRSPACE. I CALLED THE CTLR WHO WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND HE STATED HIS EQUIPMENT INDICATED I HAD MOVED N TO AVOID DISNEY; BUT WHEN I TURNED TOWARD BOW I CUT ACROSS A CORNER OF THE AIRSPACE. I EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE TWO PLTS IN THE AIRPLANE AND WE HAD TWO GPS SYSTEMS OPERATING WHICH INDICATED WE WERE 4 MILES N OF DISNEY. HE MENTIONED EPCOT AND I TOLD HIM I WAS 7 MILES N OF EPCOT CTR. I THEN ASKED HIM WHERE THE EPICENTER OF THE DISNEY TFR WAS AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS AT EPCOT; DISNEY; OR SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. HE SAID HE WANTED TO TALK TO ME TO BE SURE I KNEW ABOUT THE TFR. I ASSURED HIM I DID AS WE FLY INTO ORL OFTEN FOR PARTS. HE SAID THERE WAS NO OTHER ISSUE EXCEPT THE CUTTING ACROSS THE CORNER AND THAT WE WERE AWARE OF THE TFR. TOLD HIM IF UNIVERSAL DID NOT ALSO HAVE A TFR; WE COULD TURN SHORT OF DISNEY TO RETURN TO BOW. HE AGREED.

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