A SWIFT GC1B ON A VFR FLT PLAN AT 8500 FT IS REQUESTED TO LAND AT ACT ARPT AFTER HE PENETRATES P-49.
Synopsis
A SWIFT GC1B ON A VFR FLT PLAN AT 8500 FT IS REQUESTED TO LAND AT ACT ARPT AFTER HE PENETRATES P-49.
Narrative
FLT PLAN WAS TO LAKE ELMO; MN. (ZID). CONTACTED SAN ANGELO FSS FOR WX BRIEF AND TFR STATUS OF P-49. WAS ADVISED P-49 WAS EXPANDED. TOOK OFF AND CLBED TO 8500 FT ON A VFR FLT TO INDEPENDENCE; KS; FOR REFUELING STOP. PASSED AUSTIN; TX; JUST TO THE W AND THEN FLEW E OF I-35 STARTING TO GET CLRNC FOR GOING AROUND P-49. I WAS USING GPS FOR NAV AS WELL AS VISUAL GND REF. PROCEEDED ON A NE HDG APPROX 15-20 MI E OF I-35; WATCHED TEMPLE GO BY TO THE W OF MY POS AND THEN PICKED UP WACO. KEPT WACO WELL TO THE W AT 17-18 MI. WHEN ABEAM WACO; I CONTACTED WACO APCH TO OBTAIN A FLT FOLLOWING FREQ FOR ZFW. I WANTED TO PROCEED THROUGH DFW CLASS D AIRSPACE BECAUSE I COULDN'T CLB OVER IT. WHEN CONTACTING WACO THEY ASKED ME TO REPEAT MY CALL SIGN TWICE. THEN WACO REQUESTED ME TO LAND AT WACO REGIONAL ARPT. SAID I HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO LAND. MY RADAR POS AT THE TIME WAS 18 MI ENE OF WACO. LANDED AND WAS INTERVIEWED BY FAA REPRESENTATIVE AND ANOTHER AGENT; AND THEN RELEASED ONCE HE LOOKED AT THE ACFT. FAA REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME I PENETRATED P-49 AT TEMPLE; TX; WENT INSIDE P-49 5 MI AND THEN TURNED BACK OUT TO THE E AT WACO. MY COURSE WAS ALWAYS STRAIGHT AHEAD; NO MAJOR TURNS OTHER THAN TO STAY ON GPS HDG; WELL E OF WACO.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.