PENETRATION ARSA.

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VFR FLT PLAN; GDN DIRECT FRG HAD JUST BEEN CANCELLED; PRIOR TO CONTACTING FRG TWR. ACFT WAS SBND OVER LONG ISLAND SOUND; INBND FOR FRG; DSNDING OUT OF 4500' FOR FRG PATTERN ENTRY; IN CONTACT WITH FRG CTL TWR. STRONGER THAN EXPECTED XWIND OUT OF THE W BLEW ACFT OFF COURSE. THIS COMBINED WITH NIGHT DISORIENTATION (PLT HAD ONLY 10.7 HRS NIGHT) CAUSED PLT TO MISTAKE PT JEFFERSON STACKS (N OF ISP) FOR NORTHPORT STACKS (N OF FRG) A COMMON FRG RPTING POINT. CONTINUING SBND; PLT; LOOKING FOR FRG BEACON/RWY LIGHTS MISTAKENLY PROCEEDED TOWARDS ISP; 15 NM E OF FRG. NO LNDG WAS ATTEMPTED; AND ACFT WAS NEVER A FACTOR FOR OTHER ACFT. ACFT DID; HOWEVER; ENTER LONG ISLAND ARSA (10 MI RADIUS CROSSED ISP) W/O CLRNC. FRG TWR CONTACTED NY APCH; WHO AGREED TO LOCATE ACFT ON RADAR. TRANSPONDER CODE WAS ISSUED; AND ACFT WAS HANDED OVER TO NY APCH; WHO VECTORED ACFT W; OUT OF ARSA. LNDG WAS MADE AT FRG AFTER TWR CLOSURE; 23:05 LCL TIME. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE XWIND; LOW TIME NIGHT PLT; AND FAILURE OF PLT TO CONFIRM PILOTAGE AND DEAD RECKONING WITH VOR. ENTRY INTO ARSA WAS ENTIRELY UNINTENTIONAL. PLT HAS NO PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS.