Helicopter
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70; Flight Crew Total 15600
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
Flight Crew Exited Penetrated Airspace; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Human Factors; Aircraft
While circumnavigating a Restricted area my portable GPS yoke mounted unit malfunctioned and locked up. After trying to get it unlocked and usable to no avail; I rebooted the unit. When the unit came back on it indicated that I had inadvertently entered into the edge of the Restricted area. I immediately made a turn and exited out of the area. I feel that an additional backup unit online in the aircraft would have prevented this.
A helicopter pilot reported the yoke mount GPS malfunctioned resulting in restricted airspace entry.