Who's at fault?
I was flying VFR using a light aircraft roating towards a relatively small airport of X-town. If the ATCO reads this I am sure that you recognise the case.
Before I entered the controlled zone I said "presently overhead X-town", "I am (just) about to enter the zone in order to land on runway XX". I'm unsure if I mentioned the work "just". I got an affirmative answer from the ATCO. If you are overhead X-town but still outside the controlled airspace, you are just seconds away from the zone as most part of X-town is inside controlled airspace. I continued to fly into the zone.
The ATCO must have misunderstood me and probably assumed that I meant "will enter the zone via X-town" and "ask for permission to enter the zone, will report when entering".
I thought that the ATCO understood that I also entered the zone. I never heard anything like "report when entering the zone" which the tower normally says.
I heard on the radio "I will file a report on you" just on final. He couldn't have waited to tell me that until I was safe on the ground? :)
I understand that the tower doesn't get too excited when someone is entering the zone unexpected while the tower is busy with an ILS approach (special VFR at the moment). I am everything but an experienced pilot, but was I the one that made the big mistake here?
Just out of curiosity, what legal actions might be taken against you if you accidently do enter a controlled airspace without a correct clearance? However, I hope that the tower will save some trees by understanding the fact that I did get the point to work on my RT procedures.