[Scan-DC] RE: Plane entered the restricted airspace over Washington

[Andrew Clegg]

N7533V

Aircraft Description

 Serial Number    177RG0830              Type Registration    Individual 
Manufacturer Name  CESSNA   Certificate Issue Date  08/11/1983  
Model  177RG   Status  Valid  
Type Aircraft  Fixed Wing Single-Engine  Type Engine  Reciprocating  
Pending Number Change  None   Dealer  No  
Date Change Authorized  None   Mode S Code  52424003  
MFR Year  1976   Fractional Owner  NO  

Registered Owner

 Name     ALT DAVID J SR  
Street  309 SHORT RD  
City  VENICE  State FLORIDA    Zip Code     34285-3436  
County  SARASOTA  
Country  UNITED STATES  



-----Original Message-----
From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Stein
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:54 PM
To: John Bacon; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] RE: Plane entered the restricted airspace over
Washington

The plane was N7533V. It was escorted into Leesburg Airport by two 
F-16s and one Coast Guard helicopter. One male and female on board. 
The pilot simply got lost flying VFR to Texas and ended up inside the ADIZ.

Channel 4 and Channel 7 helicopters also showed up over Leesburg.



At 04:40 PM 3/12/2008, John Bacon wrote:

>Surprised no one posted this yet.
>
>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A private plane entered the restricted airspace over
>Washington on Wednesday, prompting some people to evacuate buildings on
>Capitol Hill but posing no imminent threat, officials said.
>A short time later, Capitol Hill police gave the all-clear and said the
>aircraft landed outside the restricted zone.
>There was no evacuation of the U.S. Capitol building and "things are back
to
>normal," police said.
>The North American Aerospace Defense Command said the plane, a small
Cessna,
>landed at a regional airport in Leesburg, Virginia, where the pilot waited
>for authorities to arrive.
>The U.S. Coast Guard, which monitors the airspace above the district,
>scrambled helicopters as a precaution, an official said. The U.S. military
>also dispatched F16s out of Andrews Air Force Base as a precautionary
>measure, NORAD said.
>Such airspace violations are not uncommon.
>Speaking at a House Energy subcommittee hearing, Rep. Bart Stupak notified
>the committee participants that an alert had been issued.
>"We have an air code yellow, meaning a plane is in our airspace," he said
at
>around 12:25 p.m.
>He said he was on stand-by for a possible evacuation order, but it was
never
>issued and the hearing, to address the safety of the nation's meat supply,
>continued uninterrupted.
>People were seen crowding the streets near the Capitol after word spread of
>the aircraft's incursion.
>There are two concentric restricted zones over the District of Columbia,
the
>outermost called the Air Defense Identification Zone.
>Many pilots unintentionally violate the ADIZ as they move out of the zone's
>outer fringes.
>The ADIZ was reshaped on August 30, 2007, from a "Mickey Mouse" shape to a
>circular shape to help reduce accidental incursions.
>The innermost restricted airspace is the Flight Restricted Zone, or FRZ --
a
>smaller and more restrictive zone. With a few exceptions, only scheduled
>airlines and governmental flights are allowed in the FRZ.
>The Federal Aviation Administration added four air traffic controller
>positions last summer to help pilots transit the airspace. Pilots had
>complained about having trouble getting permission to enter the airspace,
>forcing them to circle outside, which sometimes caused safety issues.
>The ADIZ has been the bane of general aviation pilots in the region,
>according to some experts. Some 20,000 people commented on an FAA proposal
>to make the ADIZ permanent, and some pilots fear the government will seek
to
>expand the restrictions to other cities.
>
>
>
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