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Small aircraft pilot landed at an airport closed to transient aircraft because of runway construction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 513760 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Wed |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fhr.airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 513760 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airport ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
On may/wed/03, I was flying around puget sound of seattle area and at the last min decided to land at friday harbor, wa. I had flight following with navy whidbey island until changing frequencys to friday harbor. Upon contact, friday harbor pointed out other traffic in the area and said I could land either north or south -- my choice -- so I took the straight-in to the north. Upon landing, I was told the field was closed to transient traffic due to main runway work and lndgs were being conducted on the taxiway. Since exits were blocked, I took off to the south and returned to land to the south on the taxiway. Never did the tower manned by a substitute operator mention the closure or ask if I knew about it. Instead, she continued to talk me down as if nothing was amiss. Likewise, neither did navy whidbey. Neither was there an 'X' on the runway, but a vertical one on the end of the runway which I took for a problem with the overrun. This is my first occurrence in 29 commercial flying and 8 yrs military for this to happen. One question from the tower would have made clear the problem and prevented my landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT LANDED AT AN ARPT CLOSED TO TRANSIENT ACFT BECAUSE OF RWY CONSTRUCTION.
Narrative: ON MAY/WED/03, I WAS FLYING AROUND PUGET SOUND OF SEATTLE AREA AND AT THE LAST MIN DECIDED TO LAND AT FRIDAY HARBOR, WA. I HAD FLT FOLLOWING WITH NAVY WHIDBEY ISLAND UNTIL CHANGING FREQS TO FRIDAY HARBOR. UPON CONTACT, FRIDAY HARBOR POINTED OUT OTHER TFC IN THE AREA AND SAID I COULD LAND EITHER N OR S -- MY CHOICE -- SO I TOOK THE STRAIGHT-IN TO THE N. UPON LNDG, I WAS TOLD THE FIELD WAS CLOSED TO TRANSIENT TFC DUE TO MAIN RWY WORK AND LNDGS WERE BEING CONDUCTED ON THE TXWY. SINCE EXITS WERE BLOCKED, I TOOK OFF TO THE S AND RETURNED TO LAND TO THE S ON THE TXWY. NEVER DID THE TWR MANNED BY A SUBSTITUTE OPERATOR MENTION THE CLOSURE OR ASK IF I KNEW ABOUT IT. INSTEAD, SHE CONTINUED TO TALK ME DOWN AS IF NOTHING WAS AMISS. LIKEWISE, NEITHER DID NAVY WHIDBEY. NEITHER WAS THERE AN 'X' ON THE RWY, BUT A VERT ONE ON THE END OF THE RWY WHICH I TOOK FOR A PROB WITH THE OVERRUN. THIS IS MY FIRST OCCURRENCE IN 29 COMMERCIAL FLYING AND 8 YRS MIL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. ONE QUESTION FROM THE TWR WOULD HAVE MADE CLR THE PROB AND PREVENTED MY LNDG.
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.