SMA SEAPLANE PLT BLUNDERED INTO A GOV OFFICIAL TFR.

Date: 2003-06 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft · Phase: cruise

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

Synopsis

SMA SEAPLANE PLT BLUNDERED INTO A GOV OFFICIAL TFR.

Narrative

I DROVE UP TO TWITCHELL ARPT AND RENTED A SEAPLANE. I FLEW STRAIGHT TO MY HOUSE ON LITTLE SEBAGO LAKE. MY SON WANTED TO GO FOR A FLOAT PLANE RIDE. MY SON AND I GOT IN THE PLANE AND DEPARTED MY LAKE AND WE FLEW WBOUND TO FRYE'S ISLAND. WE FLEW OVER THE FERRY TERMINAL AND SAW THE FERRY BOAT. I CONTINUED WBOUND A COUPLE OF MI THEN TURNED N AND CONTINUED UP THE LAKE. WE SAW A LOT OF BOATING ACTIVITY AS IT WAS SUNDAY. APPROX 2 MI FROM SEBAGO STATE PARK A JET FLEW DIRECTLY OVER ME. HE CAME UP ON MY R SIDE AND I IMMEDIATELY ACKNOWLEDGED HIM. I KNEW A GOV OFFICIAL WAS IN TOWN AND THAT THE RESTR AIRSPACE IS INCREASED. I KNEW THAT FROM MY HOUSE OVER WAS NOT IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER; IT IS A LITTLE CLOSE BUT NOT INTO THE DASHED LINE. AS I FLEW OVER FREY'S ISLAND I REMINDED MYSELF OF THIS FACT. I MAY HAVE MISREAD THE CHART AS IT IS DIFFICULT AND CONFUSING TO READ IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. THE AIRPLANE I RENTED HAS BASIC INSTS AND NO NAV INSTS. I RELIED ON PILOTAGE. I DO WISH THE CHART WAS EASIER TO INTERPRET. IF I WAS TO DO THIS AGAIN I WOULD BUY A GPS SO I WOULD STAY OUT OF THE TFR BY SEVERAL MI. AFTER I LANDED; I TALKED WITH SECRET SVC AND THEY CALLED ME BACK AND SAID I COULD FLY THE PLANE BACK TO TWITCHELL 3B5.

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