PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 14; Flight Crew Total 1429; Flight Crew Type 1335
Training / Qualification; Communication Breakdown
Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors
To depart the US; the pilot submitted the required international flight plan and eApis form in a timely manner prior to flight. The pilot believed the submission of those documents properly identified the pilot and aircraft to authorities for the intended flight. Because VFR international flight plans are acceptable; the pilot assumed that because it was VFR conditions at the time of flight; the flight could take place under VFR rules and that there was no requirement to talk to ATC and obtain a unique squawk code. Therefore the flight took place and crossed the international ADIZ without two way communication with ATC and without obtaining a unique squawk code.
PA32 pilot reports pilot submitting the required international flight plan and eApis form in a timely manner prior to flight. The pilot believed that because it was VFR conditions at the time of flight; the flight could take place under VFR rules and that there was no requirement to talk to ATC and obtain a unique squawk code.