Super King Air 200
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60; Flight Crew Total 3100; Flight Crew Type 210
Confusion; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Exited Penetrated Airspace
Airspace Structure; Human Factors; Procedure
While flying a training flight in VFR conditions with an Instructor/Safety pilot we discussed flying the GPS 07 approach into the Grass Valley airport. We elected to fly it with vectors from the Instructor as I had not flown much IFR or simulated IFR with the avionics equipment we had on board. The aircraft was equipped with a Garmin 750 GPS and a Garmin 530. I also had my IPAD up with the approach plate for the approach. I have the upgraded subscription (Pro) that shows the actual position of the aircraft on the approach plate. We are both familiar with the local area and airspace from a VFR standpoint and regularly deal with ATC for transitioning through Beale's airspace/TFR; however neither of us had flown this GPS approach before and didn't realize that MRGOO; the IAF is actually within Beale's class C airspace and subsequently in the TFR. Doing the approach ourselves rather than getting with ATC; NorCal or Beale; put us into the TFR on both the approach and the holding after the missed approach. Contributing was that the Instructor had the 530 display up to show the intersections; the IPAD approach plate does not show the Class C and the auto zoom function of the Garmin 750 zoomed us in to where we could not recognize the boundary of the Class C airspace. We discovered the problem when we switched the 530 over to the map page and could clearly see the airspace depiction. We certainly had plenty of technology to use; but needed to understand the limitations that comes with and be aware at all times of what airspace we are in or headed too.
A King Air pilot training with an instructor reported an airspace violation due to the loss of situational awareness while using several sources of navigational equipment.