2005-06 · NASA ASRS report 663493
PLT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE HOMEBUILT ENTERS MOA NEAR PUB AFTER ASSUMING IT WAS NOT HOT.
I WAS FLYING VFR IN MY PERSONAL AIRPLANE (LANCAIR ES) FROM 2V1 (PAGOSA SPRINGS) TO COS; NO FLT PLAN. I HAVE AN APOLLO GK-60 IFR CERTIFIED GPS AND MX-20 COLOR MOVING MAP. BOTH HAD CORRECT DATA CARDS IN THEM. I WAS ALSO REFING A CURRENT (APR/FRI/05) COMMERCIAL 9/10 LOW ALT CHART. WE HAD BEEN CRUISING AT 13500 FT MSL. AS WE APCHED PUB AND BEGAN OUR DSCNT INTO COS; WE GOT SOME CONTINUOUS MODERATE TURB OVER THE MOUNTAINS. I WAS APCHING THE AIRBURST MOA'S AND CHKED THEM ON MY LOW CHART; WHICH SHOWED THAT THEY WERE ACTIVE DAYS: TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY; OVERTIME BY NOTAM. SINCE IT WAS SUNDAY; I ASSUMED THEY WERE NOT IN USE; SO I CUT THE CORNER OF AIRBURST C MOA TO HEAD UP TOWARDS COS. SHORTLY AFTER CLRING THE MOUNTAINS; I CALLED TO CHK IN WITH COS APCH. WHEN I DID; THE CTLR TOLD ME THAT I'D JUST GONE THROUGH RESTR AIRSPACE. I TOLD HIM WHAT IT SAID ON MY CHART; BUT HE SAID THAT AREA WAS HOT 24/7. I CALLED THE CTLR ON THE PHONE AFTER LNDG TO TRY TO CLR UP THE CONFUSION. HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE CHART I WAS LOOKING AT; BUT WOULD CHK INTO IT. I PLAN TO CALL HIM BACK TO SEE WHAT HE FOUND OUT. I ASKED IF I NEEDED TO FILE A NASA RPT AND HE SAID NO; BUT I DECIDED TO ANYWAY IN CASE THE INFO ON THE CHART IS IN ERROR. THE ONLY WAY I MAY HAVE VIOLATED RESTR AIRSPACE IS IF I CROSSED INTO R2601; WHICH I BELIEVE I DID NOT. EVEN IF I DID; I CHKED INTO IT AND R260/A SHOWS ACTIVE ONLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY; NOT 24/7. MY SOURCE WAS PLT GROUP FLT PLANNER; WHICH USES COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE FOR ITS CHARTING. IF R2601 AND/OR THE AIRBURST MOA'S ARE HOT ALL THE TIME; COMPANY X NEEDS TO CORRECT ITS CHARTS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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