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GA pilot reported landing on a closed runway at lud airport; noting that the runway was not marked with an X and the closure was not on the AWOS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1738813 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LUD.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 87 Flight Crew Total 17943 Flight Crew Type 475 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
During a local recreational flight; I inadvertently landed at the decatur airport for the purpose of practice landings. After departing the airport area I discovered runway 35 was closed for maintenance. No workers or personnel were present on the runway and no responses were given to me on the CTAF. Also; the runway 17/35 was not marked closed with an X nor was the runway closure mentioned on the AWOS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA Pilot reported landing on a closed runway at LUD airport; noting that the runway was not marked with an X and the closure was not on the AWOS.
Narrative: During a local recreational flight; I inadvertently landed at the Decatur Airport for the purpose of practice landings. After departing the airport area I discovered Runway 35 was closed for maintenance. No workers or personnel were present on the runway and no responses were given to me on the CTAF. Also; the Runway 17/35 was not marked closed with an X nor was the runway closure mentioned on the AWOS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.