DC ADIZ PENETRATED BY 2 COMMERCIAL PLTS DURING A GA VFR; NO FLT PLAN; FLT TO MRB; WV.
Synopsis
DC ADIZ PENETRATED BY 2 COMMERCIAL PLTS DURING A GA VFR; NO FLT PLAN; FLT TO MRB; WV.
Narrative
PLEASE SEE NOTICES TO AIRMAN DATED APR/THU/03 TO MAY/THUR/03; PAGE 5-TFR-5-6-7 AND NOTE HOW HARD IT IS TO READ BECAUSE PAGES ARE NOT CLR. I WAS AN AIRLINE PLT FOR 35 YRS AND NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH INFO PUBLISHED THAT WAS SO HARD TO READ; ESPECIALLY PAGE 5-TFR-5. I DID HAVE A BRIEFING FROM AN FSS SPECIALIST AND I ASKED ABOUT CAMP DAVID RESTR AIRSPACE BUT KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE ADIZ W OF IAD AND NO INFO FROM THE FSS SPECIALIST WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO ME ALONG MY RTE OF FLT. APPROX XA40 LCL; ANOTHER COMMERCIAL PLT AND I DEPARTED RZZ (HALIFAX) ENRTE TO HAG. I WAS PIC AND NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. I HAD PLANNED THE FLT AT APPROX 1500-2000 FT SO WE WOULD BE UNDER ANY CLASS B AIRSPACE W OF IAD ARPT. I HAD A CURRENT BRIEFING FROM RDU FLT SVC STATION REGARDING ENRTE WX AND AIRSPACE RESTRS SUCH THE AIRSPACE SURROUNDING CAMP DAVID. I ALSO HAD A CURRENT WASHINGTON SECTIONAL AND A CURRENT COPY OF NOTICES TO AIRMEN DATED APR/THU/03. ENRTE; I DECIDED TO LAND AT MRB. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT MRB; AT APPROX XF00 LCL; I WAS TOLD BY THE GND CTLR TO CALL AFTER I PARKED THE ACFT. I WAS TOLD I HAD ENTERED THE ADIZ ZONE W OF IAD. I WAS VERY SURPRISED; BECAUSE I WAS USING ALL AVAILABLE TOOLS PUBLISHED BY THE GOV AND NOTHING INDICATED I WOULD BE ENTERING THE WASHINGTON ADIZ ON MY RTE OF FLT. THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FLT AS IT PROCEEDED FROM RZZ TO THE DEST ARPT. THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL S OF THE DULLES AREA. AS WE APCHED THE CLASS B AIRSPACE OF IAD; THE WX APPEARED TO BE DETERIORATING W TO NW OF MY FLT. I LISTENED TO LEESBURG EXECUTIVE. ATIS; CALLED THE TWR AT EXECUTIVE; AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THE RESTR TO LAND AT THEIR ARPT; WHICH WAS ON THEIR ATIS. I WAS TOLD I MUST BE ON A VFR FLT PLAN TO LAND AT LEESBURG EXECUTIVE. I TOLD THE TWR I WAS GOING TO PROCEED TO MRB. I RECEIVED THE MRB ATIS AND TURNED DIRECT TO MRB ARPT. AT THIS POINT; I WAS APPROX 22 MI FROM THE ARPT AT MRB. I CALLED MRB APPROX 20 MI E AND CLBED TO 2500 FT TO CLR THE RIDGES. I ENTERED A L-HAND TFC PATTERN FOR RWY 17; TAXIED TO FBO AND SECURED THE ACFT. IN CLOSING; I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I WAS QUITE DISTURBED BY THE NEWS I HAD ENTERED THE WASHINGTON ADIZ. THIS AREA WAS NOT DEPICTED ON MY WASHINGTON SECTIONAL; THE FSS SPECIALIST GAVE NO NOTAM INFO ABOUT THIS AREA TO ME; EVEN AFTER I INQUIRED ABOUT THE RESTR AREA AROUND CAMP DAVID. WHEN I CALLED FSS AT MRB AND PIT THE NEXT DAY; A RECORDING STATED DIFFERENT INFO PERTAINING TO DIFFERENT RESTR AREAS IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA. HAD THIS INFO BEEN ON THE RECORDING WHEN I CALLED RDU FLT SVC AT HALIFAX ARPT; AS IT WAS AT MRB AND PIT AREA FSS; IT COULD HAVE PROVEN TO BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL; ESPECIALLY SINCE THE FSS PERSONNEL AT RDU DID NOT VOLUNTEER ANY NOTAM INFO FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA; ALONG MY RTE OF FLT. PLEASE SEE 5-TFR-5 OF THE NOTICES TO AIRMEN DATED APR/THU/03. 5-FFR-5-6. THE 3 DIAGRAMS ON THESE PAGES ARE TOTALLY UNREADABLE AND ARE NO HELP IN AVOIDING THE ADIZ THAT ATC TOLD ME I HAD INADVERTENTLY FLOWN INTO.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.