Narrative:

On the night of jun/xa/98 in a cessna 172, I flew with a student to bader field, atlantic city, nj. Prior to leaving, my student had received a standard WX briefing from millville FSS. My student made no indication about any NOTAMS, and based on his prior performances and level of training, I felt confident in his judgement. Upon arriving at bader field we noticed that there was no airport lighting, but due to the high pwred lighting supplied from a newly built baseball stadium next to the airport, we had full view of the runways, txwys, and windsock. Being that this was in the final stages of the student's training and he will soon be receiving his private pilot's license, along with the fact that I am very familiar with the airport, I thought that it would be a good experience for the student. First, we initiated a go around at 300-400 ft to observe the conditions of the airport. We did not see any indications or runway marking indicating that the airport might be closed. Upon landing and securing the aircraft we were approached by the town fire marshal when we were then informed that the airport was closed. My student immediately responded with, 'I didn't receive any NOTAMS about it.' the fire marshal then said, 'this happened last time, too. 2 men from trenton were not told and even given clearance from ATC.'

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: STUDENT PLT IN A C172 ON A DUAL XCOUNTRY LANDED ON A CLOSED ARPT AT NIGHT. STUDENT RECEIVED NO NOTAM DURING HIS WX BRIEFING AND THERE WERE NO RWY MARKINGS.

Narrative: ON THE NIGHT OF JUN/XA/98 IN A CESSNA 172, I FLEW WITH A STUDENT TO BADER FIELD, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. PRIOR TO LEAVING, MY STUDENT HAD RECEIVED A STANDARD WX BRIEFING FROM MILLVILLE FSS. MY STUDENT MADE NO INDICATION ABOUT ANY NOTAMS, AND BASED ON HIS PRIOR PERFORMANCES AND LEVEL OF TRAINING, I FELT CONFIDENT IN HIS JUDGEMENT. UPON ARRIVING AT BADER FIELD WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO ARPT LIGHTING, BUT DUE TO THE HIGH PWRED LIGHTING SUPPLIED FROM A NEWLY BUILT BASEBALL STADIUM NEXT TO THE ARPT, WE HAD FULL VIEW OF THE RWYS, TXWYS, AND WINDSOCK. BEING THAT THIS WAS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE STUDENT'S TRAINING AND HE WILL SOON BE RECEIVING HIS PVT PLT'S LICENSE, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT, I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENT. FIRST, WE INITIATED A GAR AT 300-400 FT TO OBSERVE THE CONDITIONS OF THE ARPT. WE DID NOT SEE ANY INDICATIONS OR RWY MARKING INDICATING THAT THE ARPT MIGHT BE CLOSED. UPON LNDG AND SECURING THE ACFT WE WERE APCHED BY THE TOWN FIRE MARSHAL WHEN WE WERE THEN INFORMED THAT THE ARPT WAS CLOSED. MY STUDENT IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED WITH, 'I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY NOTAMS ABOUT IT.' THE FIRE MARSHAL THEN SAID, 'THIS HAPPENED LAST TIME, TOO. 2 MEN FROM TRENTON WERE NOT TOLD AND EVEN GIVEN CLRNC FROM ATC.'

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.