POSSIBLE PENETRATION OF RESTRICTED AIRSPACE.

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DEPARTED CRQ AND WAS CLBING OUT WHEN DEP CTL GAVE ME 340 DEG HDG TO INTERCEPT V23. BECAUSE OF BEAUTIFUL CLR WX GLANCED AT CHART AND SAW 326 DEG R OFF OF MZB ALTHOUGH I WAS NWBND AND WAS TOLD WOULD INTERCEPT N OF OCN PROPER RADIAL WOULD HAVE BEEN 301 DEGS. I DID NOT DOUBLE CHK THE RADIAL. THE 326 DEG R NEVER DID COME ALIVE AND WAS PRE-EMPTIED BY CTLR ASKING HDG; AT WHICH POINT I TOLD HIM '340 DEGS TO INTERCEPT THE ARWY.' HE CAME BACK AND TOLD ME TO 'MAKE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN 270 DEGS TO INTERCEPT THE RADIAL;' AND THAT I WAS 2 MI N OF THE ARWY; EITHER INTO OR ABOUT TO ENTER INTO RESTR AIRSPACE. I FELT VERY STUPID FOR SUCH AN ERROR. THIS KIND OF ERROR IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; TERMINAL AREA OR EVEN RESTR AIRSPACE HAS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER. JUST A MISTAKEN TURN OF THE OBS. I THINK THAT COMPLACENCY OF A FEW DIFFERENT SORTS PLAYED A ROLE. 1) 2000 HR HIGHER TIME EQUALS HIGHER COMPLACENCY; WHICH I'VE BEEN ON THE LOOK OUT FOR BUT DIDN'T REALIZE WAS SO SNEAKY. 2) CONSISTENTLY FLYING 2-M CREW A QUICK GLANCE AT THE CHART IS USUALLY ENOUGH; BUT NOT WHEN SINGLE PLT; AND NOT ANYMORE. 3) CLEAR BLUE SKY; NOTHING TO HIT BUT RESTR AIRSPACE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR FLIES JET ACFT MOST OF THE TIME AND FEELS HE DID NOT MAKE TRANSITION TO SINGLE PLT OPERATION AND LESS SOPHISTICATED EQUIP. QUICK GLANCE AT CHART; WRONG VOR AND CONSEQUENTLY WRONG PORTION OF ARWY AND WRONG HDG.