NAVION PLT INADVERTENTLY ENTERS THE DCA ADIZ WHILE ENRTE TO HIS DEST.
Synopsis
NAVION PLT INADVERTENTLY ENTERS THE DCA ADIZ WHILE ENRTE TO HIS DEST.
Narrative
WHILE TRAVELING SBOUND WITH FLT FOLLOWING ON POTOMAC APCH; THE SECTOR CTLR ASKED ME TO CONTACT POTOMAC APCH ON THE LANDLINE AFTER LNDG PDK AND READ ME THEIR PHONE NUMBER. I CONTACTED THEM AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE THERE WHO COLLECTED MY TAIL NUMBER; NAME; PLT CERTIFICATE NUMBER; ADDRESS; ETC. HE SAID I WOULD PROBABLY BE RECEIVING A CALL FROM THE FSDO NEXT WEEK. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO SPEAK WITH THE CTLRS INVOLVED BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PART OF THE HANDLING/SVC THEY HAD APPARENTLY GIVEN ME. I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER THE FACT THAT THEY HAD SAID 'REMAIN CLR OF THE CLASS B' OR THAT THEY HAD NOT HANDED MY FLT OFF TO A DULLES SECTOR CTLR INSTEAD OF ABANDONING ME N OF THE AREA. I BELIEVE THIS PROB IS THE RESULT OF A CHAIN OF EVENTS IN WHICH THE BASIC PROB OF NOT ESTABLISHING A CORRECT DEP POINT S OF DULLES; NEVER GOT RESOLVED. ACCORDINGLY; I WAS HOOKED UP WITH A BALTIMORE SECTOR CTLR INSTEAD OF A DULLES AREA SECTOR CTLR. HE COULDN'T HELP ME BECAUSE IT WAS NOT HIS AIRSPACE. SO HE REFUSED TO DEAL WITH THE PROB AND TO HAND ME OFF TO DULLES. I GUESS I CREATED IT FROM THE EARLIEST POINTS IN FLT PLANNING -- THOUGH I BELIEVE OTHERS WERE COMPLICIT IN THAT BY NOT CLRING UP THE PROB ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IN WHICH I WAS TELLING THEM ALL I WAS HEADED SBOUND TO GEORGIA AND WANTED A DIRECT ROUTING THROUGH THE CLASS B. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT TO DO BUT THE THING THAT KEPT STICKING IN MY HEAD WAS THE LAST INSTRUCTION FROM POTOMAC APCH -- WHICH WAS TO 'REMAIN CLR OF CLASS B.' THAT IS ALL HE SEEMED TO CARE ABOUT THAT IS WHAT I DID. AND SINCE I HAD BEGUN THE FLT INSIDE THE ADIZ WITH CLR INTENTIONS TO TRAVEL S; IT DID NOT OCCUR TO ME THAT I NEEDED ANOTHER CLRNC OR FLT PLAN INTO THE ADIZ. HAD THE CTLR SAID 'SQUAWK 1200; FREQ CHANGE APPROVED; REMAIN CLR OF THE ADIZ;' I WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THAT INSTRUCTION PERFECTLY AND REMAINED CLR OF THE ADIZ.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.