B06 PLT REALIZES A DC ADIZ VIOLATION WHEN INFORMING PCT OF POSITION AND ALT AS HE PROCEEDS TO A JOB SITE.

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WEDNESDAY STARTED LIKE MOST EVERY OTHER DAY THE LAST 2 AND 1 HALF MONTHS; UP AT XA00 AM AND ARRIVE AT HELI BEFORE FIRST LIGHT; APPROX XB15 AM. WE HAD ABOUT 100 ACRES OF PINE PLANTATION LEFT TO SPRAY TO COMPLETE OUR WORK ON THE EASTERN SHORE. THERE WAS DENSE FOG; SO I COULD NOT START SPRAY OPS UNTIL XE00. I COMPLETED THE JOB AT XE15 AND FERRIED HELI TO SALISBURY ARPT; AND AWAITED THE SUPPORT TRUCK DRIVER. WHILE WAITING; I MADE NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS TO DIFFERENT PARTIES TO COORDINATE FOUR SPRAY PROJECTS IN BALTIMORE; HARBOR AREA. THE TRUCK DRIVER AND I DEPARTED FOR BALTIMORE IN THE TRUCK. I THEN RESUMED MY COORDINATION OF JOBS OVER THE TELEPHONE. I ALSO HAD TO MAKE A STOP ENRTE TO THE FIRST JOB TO MEET WITH OFFICIALS AND TO LOOK AT MAPS FOR THE SECOND SPRAY JOB. I CALLED MY DRIVER FOR COMPANY REQUIRED FLT FOLLOWING AND DEP SALISBURY ARPT AT XI30 PM. MY PLANNED RTE OF FLT WAS TO CROSS OVER BAY BRIDGE; AND TRACK N ALONG THE W SIDE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS DAY; I WAS ABLE TO RELAX AND DO SOME SIGHT SEEING. I CROSSED OVER THE BAY BRIDGE AT 200 FT MSL; AND DIALED IN BWI ATIS AND APCH FREQUENCIES. AFTER LISTENING TO THE ATIS; I MADE A CALL TO BWI APCH. I GAVE THEM POSITION; ALT AND DEST WHEN THEY REPLIED WITH WHAT MY SQUAWK CODE WAS; IT HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS WHAT I HAD JUST DONE. I PENETRATED INTO DC ADIZ WITHOUT A VFR FLT PLAN AND DISCRETE CODE. WHEN I REPLIED WITH SQUAWKING 1200 AND MY APOLOGIES; THEY GAVE ME A CODE TO SQUAWK ALONG WITH A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL AS SOON AS I LANDED. I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE AND WAS ANGRY WITH MYSELF FOR THIS BLATANT OVERSIGHT. WHEN I LANDED AT MY FIRST STOP; I CALLED PCT TRACON; APOLOGIZED AND GAVE THEM MY INFO. I RESUMED THE SPRAY OP AFTER OBTAINING VFR FLT AND GOING THROUGH NECESSARY PROCS. I HAVE FLOWN INTO AND WORKED INSIDE THE ADIZ NUMEROUS TIMES THIS PAST YEAR AND WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCS AND COULDN'T BELIEVE I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT. THE ONLY THING THAT HAD POPPED INTO MY HEAD WHEN CROSSING THE BAY BRIDGE WAS THAT IS WAS WELL CLR E OF THE DC TFR AROUND THE CAPITAL. OTHER FACTORS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MY MOMENTARY LAPSE OF THINKING MAY HAVE BEEN THAT I HAD DONE SAME EXACT JOB IN ALMOST IDENTICAL FASHION LATE LAST YEAR; ONLY BEFORE THE ADIZ BECAME EFFECTIVE. OTHER HUMAN PERFORMANCE FACTORS INCLUDE PLT FATIGUE; LONG DEMANDING SEASON; LONG STRESSFUL DAY; AND RECENT FAMILY ISSUES. OUR BUSY SEASON IS ALMOST OVER; AND IT IS A GOOD TIME TO REFLECT ON PERFORMANCE. WITH THAT SAID; ALL I CAN DO IN THE FUTURE IS TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON PLT RESPONSIBILITIES; GUARD AGAINST COMPLACENCY; AND HOPE THAT I NEVER HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE A REPORT LIKE THIS AGAIN.