ENRTE NASHVILLE TO PHILADELPHIA; PLT OF C177 BECOMES FRUSTRATED WHEN PCT REROUTE RESULTS IN A FUEL STOP AT W29 WITHIN THE DC ADIZ. UNFAMILIARITY WITH PROCS RESULTS IN ADIZ VIOLATION ON DEP.

Date: 2004-07 · Aircraft: Cardinal 177/177RG · Phase: initial_climb

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

Synopsis

ENRTE NASHVILLE TO PHILADELPHIA; PLT OF C177 BECOMES FRUSTRATED WHEN PCT REROUTE RESULTS IN A FUEL STOP AT W29 WITHIN THE DC ADIZ. UNFAMILIARITY WITH PROCS RESULTS IN ADIZ VIOLATION ON DEP.

Narrative

I WAS FLYING FROM MY BASE JWN TO N99; A TRIP I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS TIMES; ON AN IFR PLAN. FOR SOME REASON; ATC INSISTED THAT I MAKE A BIG DETOUR E AROUND THE WASHINGTON AREA TODAY. THIS CAUSED ME TO RUN LOW ON FUEL AND NEED A FUEL STOP. WITH FLT WATCH; I FOUND THE ONLY NEAR ARPT WITH GOOD WX WAS BAY BRIDGE (W29). I LANDED; REFUELED; AND GOT THEIR IFR BRIEF AND FILED IFR WITH NASHVILLE FSS. I DIDN'T RECALL HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT A SPECIAL SQUAWK; ON THE GND. I TRIED TO CALL APCH NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO RESPONSE (THIS IS HOW I ROUTINELY GET CLRNC AT JWN). LCL WX WAS CLR VMC. I DEPARTED HDG E; DIRECTLY AWAY FROM WASHINGTON; AND WELL BENEATH THE 3500 FT CLASS B AIRSPACE. I IMMEDIATELY MADE RADIO CONTACT IN THE AIR. I WAS SQUAWKING '1200.' DANGEROUS MANEUVERS FOLLOWED AFTER ZDC IDENTED ME AND INSISTED THAT I CLB INTO STORM CELLS WHILE MAKING TIGHT TURNS; FIRST IN ONE DIRECTION; FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER. THESE ORDERS APPEARED TO BE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING SPATIAL DISORIENTATION IN THE PLT. IN GENERAL; I DO A THOROUGH JOB RESEARCHING NEW DEST ARPTS. I NEVER PLANNED TO BE WITHIN 100 MI OF THIS ARPT AND HAD TO LAND THERE DUE TO ATC ACTIONS. WHEN I TRIED TO DEPART AFTER REFUELING; I WAS BESET BY 'TERRORISTIC' AIR TFC CTLRS.

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