A PA23 SINGLE PLT; DISTR BY ACFT PROBS; WAS INTERCEPTED BY 2 F16'S AFTER VIOLATING LSV'S AIRSPACE.

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ENRTE TO RVS; FERRYING JUST PURCHASED ACFT; DIVERTED TO TONAPAH; NV; BECAUSE OF WX. QUICK TURN AND IN THE CLB WAS DISTR BY BOTH NOSE GEAR AND HEATER PROBS. AS I WAS WORKING WITH THESE PROBS I NOTICED FROM MY WAC CHART THAT I WAS NEARING RESTR AREA AND TURNED ESE. VERY UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND VERY DISTR BY THE 2 PROBS. I LOOKED UP AND SAW AN AIR FORCE BASE AND KNEW THAT I HAD NOT TURNED ENOUGH. AT THAT TIME I TURNED S TO AVOID AND TUNED IN 121.50. INTERCEPTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY 2 F-16'S. I TRIED TO CONTACT ACFT WITHOUT SUCCESS. CONTACTED WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINS BY NELLIS AND ADVISED TO MEET APCH ON ANOTHER FREQ. I ADVISED NELLIS OF THE PROBS AND DISTRS; AND ASKED FOR IMMEDIATE VECTORS. HE GAVE ME MULTIPLE VECTORS; AND THEN LED US OVER LAS. SPOKE TO DISCRETE FREQ AND ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONS OF MGR ON DUTY. NO DOUBT I STRAYED INTO THE AIRSPACE BECAUSE OF UNFAMILIARITY WITH AREA AND THE DISTR FROM THE 2 PROBS ON BOARD THE ACFT AFTER HAVING LEFT ORIGINAL FLT PLAN BECAUSE OF WX. AFTER NOTICING MY ERROR I CORRECTED COURSE TO KEEP AWAY FROM A NOW KNOWN ARPT AND ACTED WITH DUE DILIGENCE TO CONTACT AND FIND HELP FROM CTLING AGENCY. I SHOULD HAVE FLT PLANNED THE LEG FROM TONAPAH MUCH BETTER AND SHOULD HAVE TURNED BACK TO THE ARPT WHEN WE NOTICED ON THE MAP OF THE RESTR AREA. I; HOWEVER; THOUGHT WE HAD TURNED ENOUGH E TO AVOID. THE MAP WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AT THIS POINT AND; BECAUSE OF THE DISTR; DID NOT GO TO THE NEXT MAP SOON ENOUGH.