VFR HELI IN LAX AREA IS CONCERNED ABOUT ENTERING TFR AROUND DODGER STADIUM.

Date: 2003-05 · Aircraft: Bell 47 · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

VFR HELI IN LAX AREA IS CONCERNED ABOUT ENTERING TFR AROUND DODGER STADIUM.

Narrative

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT I INADVERTENTLY ENTERED THE TFR AT DODGER STADIUM; LOS ANGELES; CA. AT APPROX XA00; I OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING THROUGH DUATS. I NOTED THE TFR AT DISNEYLAND IN ANAHEIM; CA. I DO NOT RECALL SEEING ANY MENTION OF A TFR AT DODGER STADIUM. APPROX 3 WKS PRIOR; I HAD SPOKEN WITH A WX BRIEFER AT 1-800-WXBRIEF. I WAS PLANNING A FLT FROM VNY TO FUL; AND WANTED INFO ON; AMONG OTHER THINGS; THE TFR AT DISNEYLAND. THE BRIEFER EXPLAINED OTHER POTENTIAL TFR'S IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE BRIEFER TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER TFR'S IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I INTERPRETED THAT TO MEAN THAT OTHER THAN THE USUAL SITS; THERE WOULD BE NO TFR'S AT DODGER STADIUM; UNIVERSAL STUDIOS; SIX FLAGS; ETC; AND THAT MY ONLY OBLIGATION WAS TO REFRAIN FROM LOITERING NEAR SUCH VENUES. APPROX XC00; I ARRIVED AT VNY AND CONDUCTED A PREFLT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT. APPROX XD15; I DEPARTED VNY. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS SIGHT-SEEING. PRIOR TO DEP; I OBTAINED ATIS INFO FROM VNY. AFTER SIGHT-SEEING AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE AREA; MY PAX WANTED TO SEE DODGER STADIUM. THOUGH I WAS UNAWARE OF THE TFR; I WAS GENERALLY AWARE OF THE HEIGHTENED SECURITY ISSUES FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACK. I THEREFORE DID NOT OVERFLY DODGER STADIUM. I MAINTAINED A WIDE BERTH AROUND THE STADIUM; AND TRANSITIONED FROM THE HOLLYWOOD AREA S TOWARD DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. DURING MY FLT NEAR DODGER STADIUM; HOWEVER; IT IS POSSIBLE I INADVERTENTLY ENTERED THE TFR AT THE FACILITY. THE LESSON LEARNED IS TO NOT RELY SOLELY ON DUATS; AND TO OBTAIN A 'LIVE' WX BRIEFING BEFORE EVERY FLT.

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