A C210 PLT IS TOLD AFTER LNDG THAT HE VIOLATED A TFR BY AN INDIVIDUAL IN A VEHICLE. THIS WAS INCORRECT DUE TO THE PLT BEING ON AN IFR FLT PLAN.

2004-07 · NASA ASRS report 625730

Date: 2004-07 · Aircraft: Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C; 210D

Anomalies: other-person-felt-that-plt-violated-tfr

Synopsis

A C210 PLT IS TOLD AFTER LNDG THAT HE VIOLATED A TFR BY AN INDIVIDUAL IN A VEHICLE. THIS WAS INCORRECT DUE TO THE PLT BEING ON AN IFR FLT PLAN.

Narrative

ON JUL/THU/04; I WAS PLANNING ON LEAVING MWC TO FLY TO 3CK. I WAS AWARE OF THE TFR FOR THE CHICAGO AREA DUE TO A GOV OFFICIAL BEING IN TOWN. 3CK IS JUST INSIDE THE ORD CLASS B AIRSPACE AND AT THE ADVICE OF FSS; I FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN TO MY DEST; AS IT WOULD BE MORE SECURE THAN TAKING OFF VFR AND THEN TRYING TO GET ATC CLRNC INTO THE CLASS B AIRSPACE FROM IN THE AIR. THE AREA I WAS HEADED TO WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE CTLED FLT IN AND OUT AS IT WAS FAR ENOUGH FROM ORD AS WELL AS THE GOV OFFICIAL'S LOCATION. I RECEIVED THE IFR CLRNC WHILE ON THE GND AT MWC AND LIFTED OFF AT XA08. I WAS RADAR VECTORED TO THE FINAL APCH FOR THE VOR 26 APCH TO 3CK. APCH CTL TOLD ME THAT DUPAGE HAD WINDS OUT OF THE E; THEN CLRED ME FOR THE APCH AND TOLD ME I HAD TO CLOSE THE PLAN FROM THE GND AS THERE COULD BE NO FLYING WITHOUT AN OPEN PLAN. I WAS THEN CLRED TO CHANGE FREQ. I CHANGED OVER TO THE UNICOM FOR 3CK AND TRIED 5 TIMES TO GET WINDS AND ACTIVE RWY; WITH NO REPLY. I THEN OVERFLEW THE ARPT LOOKING FOR THE WINDSOCK BUT I COULD NOT FIND IT AS IT HAD BEEN MOVED SINCE I WAS LAST THERE VFR. I PROCEEDED TO SET UP FOR A LNDG TO THE E; AND AS MY WHEELS TOUCHED; I REALIZED THAT I HAD TOO MUCH TAILWIND TO LAND. I DID A GAR AND A QUICK TEARDROP PATTERN AND LANDED BACK TO THE W. AS SOON AS I GOT STABILIZED ON THE GND (APPROX XA40) I CONTACTED FSS THROUGH THE FREQ THAT APCH HAD GIVEN ME. I GAVE THEM MY TAIL NUMBER AND TOLD THEM THAT I WAS CANCELING MY IFR FLT PLAN. I ALSO INFORMED THEM THAT I HAD TO DO A GAR AND A LNDG IN THE OTHER DIRECTION JUST IN CASE THEY SAW ME POP BACK UP ON THEIR RADAR SCREEN. THE FSS PERSON ACKNOWLEDGED ALL THIS AND BID ME A GOOD DAY. AS I WAS TAXIING ON THE RAMP TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK; A CAR CAME DRIVING UP BEHIND MY WING SIGNALING ME AS IF SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG (I HAD FINALLY REACHED THE FBO AND HAD DIRECTIONS AS TO WHERE TO PARK). SO I TOOK OFF MY HEAD PHONES; OPENED MY WINDOW AND THROTTLED BACK AS FAR AS I COULD AS THE DRIVER WAS OUT OF THE CAR AND WAS APCHING THE WINDOW. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME I SHOULDN'T BE FLYING AS THERE IS A TFR IN EFFECT. I REPLIED THAT I WAS AWARE OF THAT BUT THAT I WAS ON AN IFR FLT PLAN. I THEN PROCEEDED TO PARK THE PLANE. AS I WAS UNLOADING THE PLANE; I NOTICED THAT THE SAME PERSON WAS WRITING DOWN MY TAIL NUMBER AND WAS GETTING OUT HIS CELL PHONE. I ASKED HIM WHAT THE PROB WAS AND HE REPEATED THAT THERE WAS A TFR AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN OFF AND LANDED (HE OBVIOUSLY THOUGHT I DID A QUICK TKOF AND LNDG WITHOUT KNOWING THAT I HAD DONE AN APCH; WITH A GAR AND ANOTHER LNDG) AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO TURN ME IN. I REPEATED THAT I WAS ON AN IFR FLT PLAN AND THAT I WAS APPROVED TO BE IN THE AIRSPACE AND THAT HE SAW AN ABORTED LNDG FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LNDG. HIS COMMENT WAS THAT I COULD TALK ABOUT IT TO THE JUDGE. I ASKED THE LINE CREW WHO HE WAS AND THEY SAID HE HUNG AROUND A HANGAR ACROSS THE RWY. WHEN I FINALLY GOT INTO THE FBO TO REGISTER FOR PARKING; THEY LAUGHINGLY TOLD ME THAT THE GUY COULDN'T REACH THE FAA SO HE CALLED THE LCL POLICE WHO IN TURN CALLED THE ARPT MGR; WHO THEN CALLED THEM TO FIND OUT IF THE ARPT WAS CLOSED. THEY INFORMED THE ARPT MGR THAT THEY WERE OPEN TO CTLED FLT AND THAT THE PERSON WITH THE PHONE WAS LACKING ALL THE PROPER INFO.

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

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