SMA GA PLT INADVERTENTLY PENETRATES DC ADIZ WHEN CONDUCTING MULTIPLE APCHS TO CJR WHILE SQUAWKING CODE 1200.
Synopsis
SMA GA PLT INADVERTENTLY PENETRATES DC ADIZ WHEN CONDUCTING MULTIPLE APCHS TO CJR WHILE SQUAWKING CODE 1200.
Narrative
I JUST RECEIVED MY VACUUM DIRECTIONAL GYRO AND AUTOPLT WHICH HAD BEEN OVERHAULED AND REINSTALLED IN MY ACFT. ON AUG/FRI/03; I FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN WITH THE LEESBURG FSS FOR A FLT TO MRB FROM CJR TO TEST THE EQUIP. AFTER DEP FROM CJR; WHICH WAS VFR; I DECIDED THAT I COULD NOT TAKE THE TIME TO FLY TO MRB AND RETURN. I ELECTED TO CANCEL THE IFR FLT PLAN WITH POTOMAC TRACON ON 124.65 AND I ADVISED ATC OF MY INTENTIONS. AT NO TIME DID ATC INDICATE THEY HAD RADAR CONTACT. I PLANNED TO TEST THE EQUIP UNDER VFR CONDITIONS ON THE PUBLISHED VOR/DME RNAV RWY 22 INSTRUMENT APCH TO CJR. MY TRANSPONDER WAS SET ON 1200. I REMAINED AT 2000 FT AND PROCEEDED TO THE CALPE WAYPOINT WHICH IS 5 NM NE OF CJR 34 DEGS FROM THE RWY AND REMAINING ON UNICOM 123.075. AT CALPE; I ENTERED THE HOLDING PATTERN AND PROCEEDED OUTBND ON THE 34 DEG RADIAL. AFTER 3 OR 4 APCHES; I RETURNED TO THE TFC PATTERN AND LANDED. I WAS INFORMED BY ONE OF THE ARPT PEOPLE THAT THE POTOMAC TRACON SUPVR WANTED ME TO CALL HIM. I DID SO AND HE INFORMED ME THAT I HAD ENTERED THE ADIZ BY 3 MILES. I HAD NO IDEA THIS OCCURRED AND I ANSWERED HIS QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO MY TELEPHONE; ADDRESS AND CERTIFICATE NUMBER. IF I DID ENTER THE ADIZ AND I AM NOT SURE I DID; IT WAS INADVERTENT DUE TO MY MONITORING MY NEWLY OVERHAULED DIRECTIONAL GYRO AND AUTOPLT. I REALIZE NOW THAT I SHOULD HAVE PAID MORE ATTENTION TO THE VFR CHART. IN THIS REGARD; I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE INSTRUMENT APCH CHARTS INDICATE RESTRICTED AREAS THAT MAY BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO APCH PROCS. THIS IS DONE ON MANY CHARTS. FOR EXAMPLE: COS ILS RWY 35L; AND MTN RNAV GPS RWY 15. HAD THE ADIZ BEEN SO DOCUMENTED ON THE CJR APCH CHARTS; I WOULD HAVE WITHOUT QUESTION EXCERCISED MORE CAUTION.
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