2003-11 · NASA ASRS report 599528
INSTRUCTOR PLT OF C177 ENTERS TFR IN FLORIDA.
ON NOV/THU/03; A PRESIDENTIAL TFR WAS ISSUED FOR A 30 NM RADIUS FROM A LONGITUDE/LATITUDE POINT. AFTER DEPARTING SANFORD AT XA55; WE FLEW TO LAKELAND; THEN VERO BEACH. ON OUR WAY TO VERO BEACH; ABOUT 15 MI SW OF KISSIMMEE; I DECIDED TO GIVE KISSIMMEE TWR A CALL TO FIND OUT THE RANGE OF THE TFR AND HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE CTR OF THE TFR. THEY ADVISED ME TO GIVE MCO APCH A CALL. MEANWHILE; I'M STILL ON AN EASTERLY HEADING. AFTER CONTACTING APCH; I WAS GIVEN A SQUAWK CODE AND TOLD TO IDENT. APCH TELLS ME TO TURN SBOUND AND INFORMED ME THAT I WAS INSIDE THE TFR. THEY PROVIDED ME WITH A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL WHEN I LANDED. AFTER CALLING; I EXPLAINED THAT I WASN'T 100% SURE WHERE THE CTR OF THE TFR WAS. THEY TOOK MY INFO AND WAS TOLD THE FSDO WILL BE CONTACTING ME. MY SUGGESTION IS; THAT ARPTS (CTLED); ESPECIALLY THOSE INSIDE THE TFR; START ADVISING PLTS THROUGH THE ATIS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE UPCOMING TFR; STARTING WITH THE FIRST RPT IN THE MORNING WHEN THE TWR OPENS. ESPECIALLY AFTER SEP/11; THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE PROPAGANDA THROUGHOUT THE AVIATION COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PLT DEPARTING; ARRIVING OR TRANSITIONING NEAR A TFR IS ADVISED AND REMINDED THROUGH ATIS OR FIRST RADIO CALL. HOPEFULLY; YOU CAN USE THIS INFO TO HELP THE SYS REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF NON THREATENING PLTS CAUGHT INSIDE A TFR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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