Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31; Flight Crew Total 410; Flight Crew Type 250
Distraction; Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
Flight Crew Exited Penetrated Airspace; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors; Aircraft; Equipment / Tooling
I briefed my flight with Garmin Pilot on my iPhone and noted the fire TFR. While enroute I was using my iPad to follow my route. Because the TFR was not yet displayed I thought I was still outside of the Southern boundary. I realized there was an error somewhere. I had recently had issues with Garmin Pilot on my iPad so I had unloaded and reloaded the program to fix the problem. Unfortunately; I had neglected to turn the TFR display back on. When I discovered this I immediately enabled the TFR display and to my dismay realized I was already approximately four miles into the TFR. I immediately turned ninety degrees east to exit the TFR as quickly as possible. Fortunately a recent snowstorm had greatly dampened the fire and there was no air traffic fighting the fire at that time. This was very educational experience for me. I learned I must be more in tune with my navigational equipment at all times. Pilot error!
GA pilot reported penetrating a TFR.