NAVION PLT INADVERTENTLY ENTERS THE DCA ADIZ WHILE ENRTE TO HIS DEST.

Date: 2006-04 · Aircraft: Rangemaster (Navion) · Phase: cruise

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

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.