Piper PA46 meridian flight crew lands at a closed field due to fuel concerns.

Attributes
ACN	703321
Time
Date	200607
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzzz.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Piper Single Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	703321
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : landed as precaution
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Landing VFR in foreign airport; low fuel. Tower personnel said field was closed due to low visibility. Field was VFR; landed for safety. Request from approach landing. Given permission. I verified with tower (said no) field in sight. Safe landing made. Spoke to tower personnel. Tower personnel told me field was now VFR and open. I felt safe landing and fellow copilot concurred. Tower personnel was very understanding. Foreign airports have no accurate way of measuring ceiling.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PIPER PA46 MERIDIAN FLT CREW LANDS AT A CLOSED FIELD DUE TO FUEL CONCERNS.

Narrative: LNDG VFR IN FOREIGN ARPT; LOW FUEL. TWR PERSONNEL SAID FIELD WAS CLOSED DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY. FIELD WAS VFR; LANDED FOR SAFETY. REQUEST FROM APCH LNDG. GIVEN PERMISSION. I VERIFIED WITH TWR (SAID NO) FIELD IN SIGHT. SAFE LNDG MADE. SPOKE TO TWR PERSONNEL. TWR PERSONNEL TOLD ME FIELD WAS NOW VFR AND OPEN. I FELT SAFE LNDG AND FELLOW COPLT CONCURRED. TWR PERSONNEL WAS VERY UNDERSTANDING. FOREIGN ARPTS HAVE NO ACCURATE WAY OF MEASURING CEILING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.