A C150 PILOT ENTERED A POST TEXAS HURRICANE TFR LISTED UNDER HOUSTON CENTER WHEN HE LOOKED FOR AND WAS EXPECTING A TEXAS AREA LISTING.

2008-09 · NASA ASRS report 804597

Date: 2008-09 · Aircraft: Cessna 150 · Phase: cruise

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

Synopsis

A C150 PILOT ENTERED A POST TEXAS HURRICANE TFR LISTED UNDER HOUSTON CENTER WHEN HE LOOKED FOR AND WAS EXPECTING A TEXAS AREA LISTING.

Narrative

I DEPARTED HYI AT APPROX XA30 FOR A FLT TO ZZZ APPROX 100 NM. I CONDUCTED A PERSONAL BRIEFING USING THE INTERNET WEATHER PROGRAM AT HYI. IN ADDITION I MADE 5 PHONE CALLS THAT DAY TO LICENSED PLTS LOCATED AT ZZZ IN ORDER TO GET A REAL TIME WX CONDITION REPORT AND PROGNOSIS. I CHKED THE TFR'S ONLINE FOR THE AREA; THERE WERE NONE APPLICABLE FOR MY AREA. I FLEW STRAIGHT COURSE TO ZZZ1 TO CHK FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO MY HANGAR AT THAT ARPT AND THEN TO ZZZ WHERE I OVERFLEW THE RWY TO CHK THE RWY CONDITION; AND LANDED. AFTER LNDG I WAS ADVISED BY SOME PLTS THAT ANOTHER PLT HAD JUST CALLED TO GET A WX AND CONDITION REPORT AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A TFR IN EFFECT FOR OUR AREA. I CALLED FLT SVC TO FIND OUT THE HOURS OF EFFECTIVITY HOURS OF THE POSSIBLE TFR; AND THE BRIEFER TOLD ME THAT THE TFR IN QUESTION WAS NOT LISTED UNDER TEXAS; BUT THAT IT WAS LISTED UNDER US HOUSTON CENTER SECTION. HAD THE TFR BEEN LISTED UNDER TEXAS TFR'S; I WOULD HAVE SEEN AND COMPLIED WITH IT; BUT WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO LOOK UNDER US SECTION TO CONDUCT A 100 NM FLT OVER FARM LAND UNAFFECTED BY THE STORM.

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

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