A pilot took off for a short flight from vpz runway 27 which was notamed closed; but he had not chec...

Narrative:

Aircraft being test flown after annual inspection. Preflight and taxi to runway 27 uneventful. ASOS reported winds 240/8. Shortly after takeoff heard following comment on unicom. 'Porter county what's up with the aircraft on 27?' I queried porter county and they informed me 27 was closed. I completed the flight and landed uneventfully on runway 18. I discovered the following: 27 had been notamed closed for the day due to surveying. There was no mention of the closure on ASOS. Porter county personnel informed me they are not allowed to put that info on ASOS. Lessons learned: ASOS is not the same as ATIS. While the closure would have been verbalized on ATIS; it was not on ASOS. Continue to check daily notams - even on a clear VFR day at a familiar airport. There were no signs; construction; or personnel in sight on the closed runway; and the runway was still closed. Do a radio check before initial taxi. This would have given porter county an additional opportunity to inform me 27 was closed for the day. Action: porter county informed me they had multiple aircraft attempt to use 27 that day; including the local flight school. I understand the requirement to check notams. I feel porter county should be allowed to also put that information on ASOS. If an aircraft had to use 27 quickly for an emergency landing in most cases they would listen to ASOS and not have time to check notams.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot took off for a short flight from VPZ Runway 27 which was NOTAMed closed; but he had not checked NOTAMs and noted he monitored ASOS which the airport was prohibited from using as an airport status notification tool.

Narrative: Aircraft being test flown after annual inspection. Preflight and taxi to Runway 27 uneventful. ASOS reported winds 240/8. Shortly after takeoff heard following comment on UNICOM. 'Porter County what's up with the aircraft on 27?' I queried Porter County and they informed me 27 was closed. I completed the flight and landed uneventfully on Runway 18. I discovered the following: 27 had been NOTAMed closed for the day due to surveying. There was no mention of the closure on ASOS. Porter County personnel informed me they are not allowed to put that info on ASOS. Lessons learned: ASOS is not the same as ATIS. While the closure would have been verbalized on ATIS; it was not on ASOS. Continue to check daily NOTAMs - even on a clear VFR day at a familiar airport. There were no signs; construction; or personnel in sight on the closed runway; and the runway was still closed. Do a radio check before initial taxi. This would have given Porter County an additional opportunity to inform me 27 was closed for the day. Action: Porter County informed me they had multiple aircraft attempt to use 27 that day; including the local flight school. I understand the requirement to check NOTAMs. I feel Porter County should be allowed to also put that information on ASOS. If an aircraft had to use 27 quickly for an emergency landing in most cases they would listen to ASOS and not have time to check NOTAMs.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1126694
Time
Date	201311
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	VPZ.Airport
State Reference	IN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 189 Flight Crew Total 17700 Flight Crew Type 60
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway

A pilot took off for a short flight from vpz runway 27 which was notamed closed; but he had not checked notams and noted he monitored ASOS which the airport was prohibited from using as an airport status notification tool.