Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 8500; Flight Crew Type 250
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types
Flight Crew Exited Penetrated Airspace
Equipment / Tooling; Human Factors
A couple hours into the 5 hour flight it became apparent that; given the winds; I would need a fuel stop. I selected Thomasville Regional Airport; TVI; for assurance that they would have fuel available (There are lots of small country airports that may or may not have had fuel or self-serve). At any rate; I changed my destination to TVI in my Garmin Aera. The new route moved only slightly westward from my original route. I pulled up Foreflight and changed the route and didn't see the close proximity my new route came to the restricted area. I turned off Foreflight to save the battery for my arrival into ZZZ [originally intended destination]. I lost my GPS signal for the Aera for a short time and when it came back up; it revealed that I was somewhat inside the restricted area. By that time; it appeared the most expeditious exit was to just continue straight ahead. The infringement was totally unintentional and somewhat exacerbated by the low light in the cockpit; reviewing with the red flashlight and the untimely temporary loss of GPS signal.
Pilot reported inadvertently entering Restricted Area 3002 after changing his destination and losing GPS signal in his portable GPS.