Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Private; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 1800; Flight Crew Type 1400
Other / Unknown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Airspace Violation All Types
General None Reported / Taken
Aircraft; Airspace Structure; Human Factors; Procedure
I had an IFR flight plan through flightplan.com on file from ZZZ to ZZZZ. I had just arrived about 20 minutes before and had flight following to ZZZ; plus no TFR appeared on my Garmin XM weather during the flight. Upon taking off from ZZZ; at about 4;000 feet; I contacted ATC and asked to open flight following to ZZZZ. He said you have an IFR flight plan on file to ZZZZ and I said; since it was clear would prefer going VFR with flight following. My IFR flight plan was initially to YYY then YYY1 which was closer to shore than going direct. I was given a transponder code and then shortly thereafter ATC switched me to [another frequency.] I contacted ATC; and then was shortly switched to another ATC frequency. That frequency shortly thereafter told me to contact ATC upon landing in ZZZZ. I asked them what for and he did not say. No one mentioned to me that there was a TFR in place and unfortunately my XM weather did not display it; first time that ever happened to me and will look into this when I get back to the states. There was another plane; that was flying with me to ZZZZ and he flew from ZZZ IFR direct. It was never mentioned to him either that he was in a TFR. So yes my mistake being in an active TFR; but this has always been mentioned to me by controllers when on flight following; so hope you can help me on this.
Private pilot is informed after the fact that he had entered a TFR while flying VFR off the east coast of Florida with flight following. The onboard Garmin with XM also did not show the TFR.