A LOW TIME C150 PLT PENETRATES THE NEWPORT TFR CTLED BY HULMAN APCH N OF DEP ARPT OF 1I7; IL.

Narrative

I STUDIED THE SECTIONAL AND DECIDED THAT A GOOD DEST FOR MY FLT WOULD BE DNV (DANVILLE; IL). AT THIS TIME; I ALSO NOTED; FROM MEMORY; THE TFR AT THE NEWPORT SITE. I KNEW THE TFR WAS THERE. AFTER PREFLT; I DEPARTED CLINTON; IN (1I7) ON RWY 36. THE C150/U WHILE A GOOD AIRPLANE; LACKS A LITTLE PWR. WHILE GOING THROUGH CLBOUT; WHAT WITH WATCHING FOR TFC; TRIMMING OUT AND FLYING THE PLANE TO PATTERN ALT; I LOOKED UP AND NOTICED THE NEWPORT FACILITY DEAD AHEAD. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED R TO 090 DEGS AND FLEW; WHAT I THOUGHT; WAS 8-10 NM E. AT THAT POINT; I TURNED L TO 360 DEGS; THINKING I WAS WELL AWAY FROM THE TFR. I CONTINUED TOWARD DNV. AS I APCHED DNV; I CALLED UNICOM FOR AN ARPT ADVISORY: NO RESPONSE. I THEN ANNOUNCED ON THE CTAF MY INTENSIONS TO ENTER THE PATTERN AND DO A TOUCH-AND-GO AND DEPART TO THE S. UPON CLBOUT; DNV TWR CALLED AND ASKED MY 'N' NUMBER; WHICH I GAVE. HE THEN TOLD ME TO CALL SPRINGFIELD APCH. SPRINGFIELD TOLD ME TO CALL HULMAN APCH; SO THEY COULD VECTOR ME AROUND THE NEWPORT SITE. SPRINGFIELD ALSO TOLD ME TO CALL HULMAN TWR ON THE PHONE AS SOON AS I LANDED AT CLINTON. HULMAN APCH VECTORED ME BACK TO CLINTON AND I LANDED. I CALLED HULMAN AND WAS TOLD OF THE TFR INCURSION. THE GENTLEMAN TOLD ME VERY NICELY WHAT I HAD DONE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. THE PROB WAS THE FACT THAT ALTHOUGH I KNEW ABOUT THE TFR; I THOUGHT I WAS MUCH FURTHER AWAY FROM IT THAN I ACTUALLY WAS. I THOUGHT MY EYES WERE MUCH BETTER THAN ATC. I WAS VERY WRONG. I NOW KNOW THAT I'M NOT ONLY NOT 'BOTHERING' ATC TO HELP ME AROUND THIS AND OTHER TFR'S; IT IS MY DUTY. ESPECIALLY HAVING ONLY FLOWN OUT OF CLINTON ONE OTHER TIME. WHAT CAN I DO TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? USE THE SYS. BECAUSE IT WORKS; AND HAVE A MUCH BETTER VIEW OF THE AIRSPACE AND THE THINGS IN AND AROUND IT. A SIMPLE BRIEFING AND CONTACT WITH ATC WOULD HAVE AVERTED ALL OF THIS.