A LOW TIME PLT MADE A SERIES OF ERRORS INCLUDING PROBABLY FLT IN IMC WHILE VFR; ENTERING R3602B WITHOUT PERMISSION; ATTEMPTING TO LAND WITHOUT PERMISSION AT MHK; AND RELYING ON EQUIP HE IS NOT PHYSICALLY ABLE TO USE.

Date: 2004-03 · Aircraft: Cirrus Aircraft Undifferentiated · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-vfr-in-imc

Synopsis

A LOW TIME PLT MADE A SERIES OF ERRORS INCLUDING PROBABLY FLT IN IMC WHILE VFR; ENTERING R3602B WITHOUT PERMISSION; ATTEMPTING TO LAND WITHOUT PERMISSION AT MHK; AND RELYING ON EQUIP HE IS NOT PHYSICALLY ABLE TO USE.

Narrative

WE TOOK OFF FROM DLH. IT WAS OVCST AT 2500 FT WITH A TEMP OF 0 DEGS C. THE FLT WAS TO DALLAS; WITH A REFUELING STOP IN MANHATTAN; KS. WE STARTED FLYING VFR AT 2000 FT UNDER THE OVCST CLOUDS TO STAY OUT OF POSSIBLE ICE. SEVERAL HOLES APPEARED IN THE CLOUD DECK ALLOWING US TO CLB ABOVE TO 6500 FT. AS WE NEARED KANSAS; WE SET UP THE COM #1 RADIO TO ZKC (127.35) AND MANHATTAN TWR (118.55) ON STANDBY. WE WERE NOT SURE IF WE COULD FIND A HOLE IN THE CLOUD DECK; SO WE WERE SET TO PICK UP AN IFR CLRNC. THE CLOUDS BECAME BROKEN AND WE DSNDED THROUGH A HOLE. AT THIS POINT; I UNKNOWINGLY CROSSED RESTR AIRSPACE R3602B. I RELIED ON THE GPS DISPLAY TO SHOW MOA'S (YELLOW LINES) AND RESTR AIRSPACE (RED LINES). THE RED LINES WERE NOT VISIBLE ON THE GREEN DISPLAY. I AM COLOR BLIND AND THIS IS NOTED ON MY PLT'S LICENSE. THE MOA'S ARE EASILY SEEN ON THE GPS DISPLAY. AS WE APCHED THE ARPT; I CALLED ON KANSAS CITY FREQ INSTEAD OF THE TWR FREQ. HEARING NO RESPONSE; I THOUGHT IT WAS A CTAF AND PROCEEDED TO THE ARPT. WHILE TURNING FINAL ON RWY 31; I HEARD KANSAS CITY SAY THE TWR WAS ACTIVE; SO I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE PLANE AWAY FROM THE APCH AND CALLED THE TWR. AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH THE TWR; I LANDED ON RWY 31. AFTER REFUELING AND BEGINNING TO TAXI; THE TWR ASKED IF I KNEW THAT I HAD CROSSED RESTR AIRSPACE. WE CHKED THE GPS DISPLAY AGAIN; NO RESTR AREA WAS VISIBLE.

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