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Beech C24R pilot lands on NOTAM closed airport when noting that the damaged aircraft causing the airport closure was in field off the airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 518834 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 518834 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
Narrative:
I departed YYY en route to ZZZ via LORAN C direct at 7500 ft. Conditions along route were good VFR. In preflight briefing, XXX FSS said the only NOTAM for WWW was that the airport beacon was OTS. Descending into WWW approach said airport was notamed 'closed' because of accident and asked me to call WWW unicom regarding status of airport and report back to them. No response on unicom, but abeam on downwind, it was noted that damaged aircraft was in a nearby field and not on runway. Since runway was clear and unobstructed, I landed without incident. I told WWW approach that I had no response from WWW.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BEECH C24R PLT LANDS ON NOTAM CLOSED ARPT WHEN NOTING THAT THE DAMAGED ACFT CAUSING THE ARPT CLOSURE WAS IN FIELD OFF THE ARPT.
Narrative: I DEPARTED YYY ENRTE TO ZZZ VIA LORAN C DIRECT AT 7500 FT. CONDITIONS ALONG RTE WERE GOOD VFR. IN PREFLT BRIEFING, XXX FSS SAID THE ONLY NOTAM FOR WWW WAS THAT THE ARPT BEACON WAS OTS. DSNDING INTO WWW APCH SAID ARPT WAS NOTAMED 'CLOSED' BECAUSE OF ACCIDENT AND ASKED ME TO CALL WWW UNICOM REGARDING STATUS OF ARPT AND RPT BACK TO THEM. NO RESPONSE ON UNICOM, BUT ABEAM ON DOWNWIND, IT WAS NOTED THAT DAMAGED ACFT WAS IN A NEARBY FIELD AND NOT ON RWY. SINCE RWY WAS CLR AND UNOBSTRUCTED, I LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. I TOLD WWW APCH THAT I HAD NO RESPONSE FROM WWW.
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.