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Pilot of small aircraft single engine land private aircraft inadvertently landed on a closed airport runway at a private non-controled airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 241479 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199305 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 1c8 |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : ord |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 241479 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Made 15 mi flight from C77 to cottonwood airport (1c8) for breakfast. Cottonwood has 1 n-s turf runway and airport was closed due to soft runway conditions. X's were snow fences laid in grass. At the time, tall grass and dandelions covered the X's. Talked to owner of airport and he said it was ok to takeoff if I stayed on west side of runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF SMA SINGLE ENG LAND PVT ACFT INADVERTENTLY LANDED ON A CLOSED ARPT RWY AT A PVT NON-CTLED ARPT.
Narrative: MADE 15 MI FLT FROM C77 TO COTTONWOOD ARPT (1C8) FOR BREAKFAST. COTTONWOOD HAS 1 N-S TURF RWY AND ARPT WAS CLOSED DUE TO SOFT RWY CONDITIONS. X'S WERE SNOW FENCES LAID IN GRASS. AT THE TIME, TALL GRASS AND DANDELIONS COVERED THE X'S. TALKED TO OWNER OF ARPT AND HE SAID IT WAS OK TO TKOF IF I STAYED ON W SIDE OF RWY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.