2006-06 · NASA ASRS report 699648
CITABRIA ENTERS A TFR WHILE ENRTE.
ACFT WAS BEING FERRIED TO CALIFORNIA. FLT WAS FROM ROCKFORD; IL; TO INTENDED DEST OF DES MOINES; IA. WHILE ON GND AT ROCKFORD; IL; OBTAINED FULL BRIEFING (KANKAKEE FSS); INFORMED BRIEFER THAT WE WERE FERRYING ACFT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THAT OUR INTENDED DEST WAS DES MOINES; IA. RECEIVED FULL BRIEFING AND WAS TOLD NO TFR'S AFFECTING OUR FLT. DURING FLT; GND SPDS WERE BETTER THAN PLANNED (WINDS LESS THAN FORECAST). UPON CONTACT WITH DES MOINES; APCH CHANGED DEST TO COUNCIL BLUFFS; IA (10 MI E OF OMAHA). AFTER 20 MI W OF DES MOINES; RADIO XMISSION STARTED TO GET GARBLED. DID NOT RECEIVE A HDOF TO OMAHA APCH. TRIED CALLING FSS; COULDN'T RAISE THEM. ABOUT 32 MI FROM OMAHA; TUNED IN OMAHA APCH ON 124.5 HEARD THEM CALLING 'UNKNOWN ACFT 32 MI E OF OMAHA AT 3000 FT WBOUND PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE.' WE CALLED THEM AND THEY INFORMED US WE WERE ABOUT TO ENTER A TFR. THEY GAVE US A VECTOR CLR OF THE AIRSPACE AND WE PROCEEDED TO AN ARPT 10 MI BEHIND US (ATLANTIC IOWA A10). AFTER LNDG; CALLED SUPVR AT OMA APCH AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A TFR IN PLACE 30 MI OF OMAHA UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. THIS WAS OUR FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF THIS. NEITHER FSS NOR DES MOINES APCH TOLD US ABOUT THE TFR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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