INEXPERIENCED INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PLT GETS MORE IFR TIME THAN ANTICIPATED AFTER TKOF IN SMOKEY CONDITIONS. VIOLATES AREA CLASS C BEFORE GAINING CONTROL OF THE ACFT.

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I AM A 2000 HR RECREATIONAL PVT PLT WITH AN IFR RATING BUT NOT PROFICIENT IN IFR FLYING DUE TO LACK OF NECESSITY TO FLY UNDER IFR CONDITION. I JUST DO THE MINIMUM OF 6 APCHS TO REMAIN CURRENT. SINCE I KEPT MY PLANE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA; I MOSTLY USE MY IFR SKILL TO DEPART THE BAY AREA IN THE MORNING FOG. I WOULD CLB AND BE ON TOP AFTER 2000 FT OF FOG. ON THE AFTERNOON OF JUN/XA/08; AROUND XA00; I CHKED THE WX AND FOUND THAT WX TO BE CLR WITH 4 MI VISIBILITY AT HAYWARD ARPT. I AM USED TO DEPARTING UNDER FOGGY CONDITIONS; THEREFORE; I MADE MY BIGGEST MISTAKE BY ASSUMING THAT I COULD CLB OUT IN A FEW THOUSAND FT AND SEE THE BLUE SKY. AFTER DEPARTING VFR FROM HAYWARD; I CLBED TO 6000 FT AND STILL REMAINED IN THE HAZE. BY THEN I REALIZED THAT THIS SMOKE FROM THE FIRE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE FOG I AM USED TO. AT THAT TIME I AM ALREADY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND I KNOW I WILL HAVE TROUBLE FINDING MY WAY BACK TO THE HAYWARD ARPT LOC FOR RWY 28L AND RETURN TO HAYWARD. I START TO TENSE UP AND BEING TENSE; I MADE THE PLANE UNSTABLE AND STARTED TO BANK L AND R. AT THAT MOMENT; I REALIZED THAT I WILL SOON LOSE CTL OF MY PLANE. IMMEDIATELY; I TURNED ON THE AUTOPLT ON THE PLANE HOPING TO BUY MYSELF SOME TIME TO DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO NEXT. SINCE THE PLANE WAS AT A L BANK WHEN I TURNED ON THE AUTOPLT; MY PLANE CONTINUED ITS BANK TOWARD ZZZ1 CLASS C AIRSPACE. KNOWING THAT I WILL BE VIOLATING THE ZZZ1 AIRSPACE SOON; I TRIED DESPERATELY TO SLOW DOWN THE PLANE AND TO TURN OFF THE AUTOPLT AND AT THAT MOMENT I HEARD THE CTLR TELLING ME TO TURN R 30 DEGS. I ACKNOWLEDGED THE CTLR BUT THE PLANE WAS ALREADY AT A STEEP L BANK TURNING TOWARDS ZZZ1 ARPT AND I TRIED TO LEVEL THE PLANE FIRST BEFORE I DARE TO TURN R 30 DEGS. BY THE TIME I GOT THE PLANE FLYING LEVEL BUT STILL FLYING TOWARDS ZZZ1; THE STALL WARNING CAME ON BECAUSE I SLOWED THE PLANE DOWN TOO MUCH. IMMEDIATELY; I GAVE THE PLANE FULL PWR AND IT CONTINUED ON FLYING INTO THE ZZZ1 CLASS C AIRSPACE. THEN; AND ONLY THEN; I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE PLANE SLOWLY AROUND TO LEAVE THE ZZZ1 AIRSPACE. DURING ALL THOSE TIMES; I KNEW I VIOLATED THE ZZZ1 AIRSPACE BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY ON TOP OF THE PLANE AND FLY THE PLANE IN THE THICK SMOKE. AFTER I GOT THE PLANE LEVELED AND FLYING OUT OF THE ZZZ1 AND CLASS B AIRSPACE; I WAS FLYING AT 7600 FT ABOVE ALL TERRAIN. I THEN DECIDED TO HEAD FOR FLAT LAND OF ZZZ2 OR ZZZ3 WHERE THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MOUNTAINS AROUND THE ARPT AND I CAN SLOWLY DSND TO A LOW ENOUGH ALT TO LAND VISUALLY. AFTER 20 TENSE MINS; I FINALLY MANAGED TO LAND MY PLANE IN ZZZ3 AND FROM THERE I RENTED A CAR AND DROVE HOME. AT THIS MOMENT; MY PLANE IS STILL KEPT WITH THE FBO AT ZZZ3 AND I WILL WAIT UNTIL NEXT WK AFTER THE SMOKE CLRS UP BEFORE GOING TO BRING THE PLANE BACK TO HAYWARD ARPT. THE LESSON I HAVE LEARNED FROM ALL THIS WAS THAT SMOKE AND FOG LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME FROM THE GND AT THE ARPT; BUT THE SMOKE HAZE IS A LOT MORE INTIMIDATING AND CHALLENGING IN THE AIR AND I WILL NEVER AGAIN FLY IN THOSE CONDITIONS.