LOW TIME PLT OF C150 FAILS TO RECEIVE TIMELY BRIEFING FOR XCOUNTRY FLT NEAR MCO. FLIES INTO NEWLY ESTABLISHED TFR.
Synopsis
LOW TIME PLT OF C150 FAILS TO RECEIVE TIMELY BRIEFING FOR XCOUNTRY FLT NEAR MCO. FLIES INTO NEWLY ESTABLISHED TFR.
Narrative
WHILE FLYING VFR FROM PERRY-FOLEY (40J) TO ARTHUR DUNN (X21) I INADVERTENTLY ENTERED A TFR ZONE N OF ORLANDO EXECUTIVE ARPT; ORLANDO; FL. I HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO FLY THE DAY BEFORE AND CHKED DUATS WEBSITE FOR WX AND NOTAMS AT THAT TIME. WX WAS FORECAST TO BE FAVORABLE AND NO SIGNIFICANT NOTAMS LISTED. EMPLOYMENT CIRCUMSTANCES DELAYED MY FLT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING WHEN THE WX WAS STILL VERY GOOD. UNFORTUNATELY THE TFR HAD BEEN POSTED LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ON MAR/FRI/04; AFTER MY BRIEFING. MY FLT PATH TOOK ME APPROX 5 MI INTO THE RESTR AREA WHERE I WAS INTERCEPTED BY AN F16 AND ESCORTED OUT OF THE AREA. UPON LNDG AT ARTHUR DUNN I WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE OPERATOR OF THE FBO TO CALL ORLANDO APCH CTL; WHO HAD TRACKED MY ACFT BY RADAR TO THE ARPT. I CALLED IMMEDIATELY AND GAVE THEM THE REQUESTED INFO. NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE CALLED WX-BRIEF ON MY CELL PHONE PRIOR TO DEP. HOWEVER; THERE WAS NO CELL SVC IN PERRY. I REALIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS TRANSGRESSION AND WOULD NOT HAVE VIOLATED THE AREA HAD I BEEN AWARE OF THE TFR. IN THE FUTURE I WILL USE WHATEVER MEANS NEEDED TO OBTAIN A CURRENT BRIEFING.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.