FOLLOWING THE FSS BRIEFING; A C210 PLT; UNABLE TO CONTACT PCT TO OBTAIN A DISCRETE CODE AND ACTIVATE HIS DC ADIZ FLT PLAN WHILE ON THE GND AT W00; TAKES OFF WITHOUT ACTIVATING FLT PLAN.

Date: 2004-03 · Aircraft: Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C; 210D · Phase: initial_climb

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

FOLLOWING THE FSS BRIEFING; A C210 PLT; UNABLE TO CONTACT PCT TO OBTAIN A DISCRETE CODE AND ACTIVATE HIS DC ADIZ FLT PLAN WHILE ON THE GND AT W00; TAKES OFF WITHOUT ACTIVATING FLT PLAN.

Narrative

BEFORE DEPARTING FROM FREEWAY ARPT; AN UNCTLED AIRFIELD; NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CONTACT APCH/DEP ON 124.55; 125.65; AND FSS ON 122.2 TO ACTIVATE MY IFR FLT PLAN. I GOT NO RESPONSE ON THE RADIO. I DEPARTED RWY 18 AT FREEWAY ARPT AND IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED POTOMAC DEP ON 124.55 AND REQUESTED THEY OPEN MY FLT PLAN AND ADVISE ME OF MY ASSIGNED XPONDER SQUAWK CODE. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE ARPT WAS LOCATED WITHIN AN ADIZ AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE PROPER SQUAWK CODE BEFORE DEPARTING. I THEN ADVISED POTOMAC DEP THAT I WAS TOLD TO SQUAWK 1200 UPON LNDG AT FREEWAY ARPT 10 MINS PRIOR TO MY DEP. UPON CALLING THE NEW YORK FSS THE NIGHT BEFORE TO FILE AN IFR FLT PLAN FOR THIS FLT; THE FLT BRIEFER WAS TOTALLY UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ADIZ PROCS IN THE AREA I WAS FLYING INTO. SHE HAD TO PUT ME ON HOLD NUMEROUS TIMES TO CONFER WITH A SUPVR TO ASCERTAIN THE INFO THAT I NEEDED TO PROPERLY PERFORM MY FLT INTO AND OUT OF THE ADIZ AIRSPACE. I WAS NOT PROPERLY ADVISED OF THE ADIZ PROCS THAT WERE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MY RTE OF FLT. ALSO; UPON INITIALLY DEPARTING FROM REPUBLIC ARPT FOR THE FIRST LEG OF MY FLT; I WAS ALSO ADVISED BY NEW YORK DEP THAT THE IFR FLT PLANS THAT I FILED THE NIGHT BEFORE WERE MISTAKENLY ENTERED INTO THE SYS AS VFR FLT PLANS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.