CORP LTT UNAUTH PENETRATION OF RESTRICTED AREA 3403 A & B.

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I WAS MAKING A CHARTER RUN BTWN PTK-YIP-SDF AND BACK TO PTK IN LTT WHEN WE ACCIDENTALLY RAN INTO RESTR AREA 3403 ACROSS AND BACK BTWN YIP AND SDF. I WAS FLYING THE ACFT AS CAPT AND WATCHING OVER MY COPLT WHEN I LOOKED UP AND SAW WE HAD ENTERED THE RESTR AREA; SO I MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN TO GET OUT OF THIS AREA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THE COPLT SAW THE 2 FGT'S OFF THE RIGHT SIDE AND THIS IS WHEN ONE MADE A PASS ON US TO GET OUR ACFT # AND THEN I SAW HIM COMING OVER THE TOP OF OUR ACFT AND LETTING DOWN. I FEEL I MADE AN ERROR IN NAV AND TRIED TO CORRECT IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE; BECAUSE I FLY IN THAT AREA ALOT. I HAVE NEVER BUSTED ONE OF THESE AREAS IN MY FLYING AND DON'T INTEND TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. THE ROUTE OF FLT WAS FROM YIP TO SDF ON A DIRECT LINE BY A LORAN C. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: REAL CAUSE OF PENETRATION NOT FAULTY LORAN NAV SET BUT DISTR OF PF OVERSEEING NEW F/O DUTIES AND PAPERWORK. IN THIS LTT UNABLE PUT LORAN SYS ON PRIMARY FLT INSTRUMENTS OR CONNECT TO AUTOPLT. THUS; WHEN DRIFT PICKED UP BY ACFT; FLT CREW DID NOT SEE IT ON LORAN READOUT MOUNTED ON CENTER PEDESTAL. ALSO ASCERTAINED PIC RETIRED ACR PLT AND SAYS MAYBE HE IS NOT AS ALERT IN THIS OLDER PROP ACFT AS HE WAS WHEN FLYING THE HIGHER SPD JETS.