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C172 instructor, with student, land at closed airport and did not find out that it was closed until returning for departure later in day.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 558507 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200209 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | OK |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 28 flight time total : 2100 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 558507 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other incursion : runway non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 4 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Student pilot and flight instructor fail to request correct flight briefing from FSS. Crew unable to locate airport of intended landing in AFD, thus requested information (standard brief) for next closest airport (adm). Crew landed at intended airport (ifi). 5 1/2 hours later, crew returned to airport for departure to find men and equipment working on airport runway. Instructor called FSS to verify condition of airport (NOTAMS). 'Airport is closed for maintenance.' maintenance supervisor cleared personnel and equipment from runway and crew decided the runway was safe for departure. Maintenance supervisor cleared aircraft to depart. Aircraft/crew departed airport and returned to home base (ads). Cause: flight crew failed to request/receive correct flight briefing from FSS to determine condition of airport of intended landing (NOTAMS). Prevention: proper communication between PIC and FSS in receiving all information (NOTAMS, etc) of airport of intended landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 INSTRUCTOR, WITH STUDENT, LAND AT CLOSED ARPT AND DID NOT FIND OUT THAT IT WAS CLOSED UNTIL RETURNING FOR DEP LATER IN DAY.
Narrative: STUDENT PLT AND FLT INSTRUCTOR FAIL TO REQUEST CORRECT FLT BRIEFING FROM FSS. CREW UNABLE TO LOCATE ARPT OF INTENDED LNDG IN AFD, THUS REQUESTED INFO (STANDARD BRIEF) FOR NEXT CLOSEST ARPT (ADM). CREW LANDED AT INTENDED ARPT (IFI). 5 1/2 HRS LATER, CREW RETURNED TO ARPT FOR DEP TO FIND MEN AND EQUIP WORKING ON ARPT RWY. INSTRUCTOR CALLED FSS TO VERIFY CONDITION OF ARPT (NOTAMS). 'ARPT IS CLOSED FOR MAINT.' MAINT SUPVR CLEARED PERSONNEL AND EQUIP FROM RWY AND CREW DECIDED THE RWY WAS SAFE FOR DEP. MAINT SUPVR CLRED ACFT TO DEPART. ACFT/CREW DEPARTED ARPT AND RETURNED TO HOME BASE (ADS). CAUSE: FLC FAILED TO REQUEST/RECEIVE CORRECT FLT BRIEFING FROM FSS TO DETERMINE CONDITION OF ARPT OF INTENDED LNDG (NOTAMS). PREVENTION: PROPER COM BTWN PIC AND FSS IN RECEIVING ALL INFO (NOTAMS, ETC) OF ARPT OF INTENDED 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.