THE PILOT OF A SMALL JET ENTERED A TFR AFTER AN INCOMPLETE FSS BRIEFING AND BECAUSE OF PILOT COMPLACENCY.

Date: 2007-08 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer · Phase: cruise

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

Synopsis

THE PILOT OF A SMALL JET ENTERED A TFR AFTER AN INCOMPLETE FSS BRIEFING AND BECAUSE OF PILOT COMPLACENCY.

Narrative

A) MISSION: ENRTE ON 4TH OF 5 LEGS. B) EVENT: DEPARTED TO ZZZ VFR FOR FUEL STOP. INADVERTENTLY FLEW THROUGH TFR-VIP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID SPECIAL AIRSPACE AROUND ABC AND MOA'S TO E OF ARC AFB. TFR CEILING WAS 18000 FT MSL AND I WAS VFR AT 17500 FT. UNAWARE OF TFR AND INTRUSION UNTIL INTERCEPTED BY F15 WHO DIRECTED ME TO A CTR FREQ VIA HAND SIGNALS. RPTED POS TO CTR AND DEST. SECRET SVC MET ME AT DEST AND INTERVIEWED ME FOR RPT. C) PRIMARY CAUSE: PLT INATTN TO DETAILS. D) CONTRIBUTING FACTOR: FOR YRS; I HAVE DEPENDED ON FAA-PLT TELEPHONE BRIEFINGS FOR THE BEST QUALITY WX; AIRSPACE AND NOTAM INFO PRIOR TO FLT. WITH THE RECENT CHANGE TO CONTRACT BRIEFINGS; ACCESS TO TELEPHONE BRIEFING HAS BECOME VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO EXTREME HOLD TIMES. AS A RESULT; I HAVE RESORTED TO DUAT BRIEFINGS ON MY LAPTOP COMPUTER AT HOTELS WHILE ON TRIPS. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY; I PLANNED 2 FLTS AND WAS SO PREOCCUPIED WITH WX INFO AT THE 2 DESTS THAT I FAILED TO NOTICE THE TFR NOTICE; BECAUSE OF THE SCALE OF MY LAPTOP MAP. E) CORRECTIVE ACTION: I HAVE ORDERED A GARMIN 496 GPS FOR INSTALLATION IN ACFT; AND THE SUBSCRIPTION TO WX AND TFR REAL-TIME INFO. ALL SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE; PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY; WILL BE VISUALLY DISPLAYED IN RELATION TO FLT PATH.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.