Narrative:

I departed brigham city, ut, airport with another pilot to land at logan airport. We had waited since XA30 that morning, waiting for a snowstorm to clear. About XF30 the storm passed. The ceiling raised to about 1500', so I called logan for an advisory. They reported it appeared to be clearing to the west and north and estimated the airport would be open in about 15 mins. We waited about 20 mins and departed with 1500' ceilings and 20 mi visibility. The flight would take about 15 mins. We headed north and spotted tremonton airport, which would be used for an alternate if logan was not available. At tremonton we turned east and flew 5 mins to the vicinity just west of logan. I called for a landing advisory and logan reported 'less than VFR minimums, the field is closed.' my passenger said, 'there is the field, approximately 3 mi away.' we could see the city of logan to the southeast and 2 small towns north of logan airport with at least 5-7 mi visibility and 1500' ceilings. There was a snow squall. Moving onto the field from the north, I announced that I had the field in sight and was landing on runway 5. The unicom repeated the field was closed. I said in that case, we were coming in on a special VFR. The unicom announcer said 'that only applies at a control field.' I said 'we are on 3 mi final and we're landing.' there was another aircraft in the pattern, announcing a landing on 35. After landing the other aircraft continued doing touch and go's. That night in our motel, a flight standards person from salt lake city wanted to hear my side of the story. I told him we had 3-5 mi visibility, 1200-1500' ceilings and entered the transition area under 700' after announcing our intention to land, and that the unicom person may have called the WX from where he was inside the bldg looking in a different direction from our entry. The logan airport is an uncontrolled airport with no control zone.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA LANDED AT NON TWR ARPT AFTER UNICOM ADVISED THE ARPT CLOSED BECAUSE WX BELOW VFR MINIMUMS.

Narrative: I DEPARTED BRIGHAM CITY, UT, ARPT WITH ANOTHER PLT TO LAND AT LOGAN ARPT. WE HAD WAITED SINCE XA30 THAT MORNING, WAITING FOR A SNOWSTORM TO CLEAR. ABOUT XF30 THE STORM PASSED. THE CEILING RAISED TO ABOUT 1500', SO I CALLED LOGAN FOR AN ADVISORY. THEY RPTED IT APPEARED TO BE CLEARING TO THE W AND N AND ESTIMATED THE ARPT WOULD BE OPEN IN ABOUT 15 MINS. WE WAITED ABOUT 20 MINS AND DEPARTED WITH 1500' CEILINGS AND 20 MI VISIBILITY. THE FLT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 15 MINS. WE HEADED N AND SPOTTED TREMONTON ARPT, WHICH WOULD BE USED FOR AN ALTERNATE IF LOGAN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. AT TREMONTON WE TURNED E AND FLEW 5 MINS TO THE VICINITY JUST W OF LOGAN. I CALLED FOR A LNDG ADVISORY AND LOGAN RPTED 'LESS THAN VFR MINIMUMS, THE FIELD IS CLOSED.' MY PAX SAID, 'THERE IS THE FIELD, APPROX 3 MI AWAY.' WE COULD SEE THE CITY OF LOGAN TO THE SE AND 2 SMALL TOWNS N OF LOGAN ARPT WITH AT LEAST 5-7 MI VISIBILITY AND 1500' CEILINGS. THERE WAS A SNOW SQUALL. MOVING ONTO THE FIELD FROM THE N, I ANNOUNCED THAT I HAD THE FIELD IN SIGHT AND WAS LNDG ON RWY 5. THE UNICOM REPEATED THE FIELD WAS CLOSED. I SAID IN THAT CASE, WE WERE COMING IN ON A SPECIAL VFR. THE UNICOM ANNOUNCER SAID 'THAT ONLY APPLIES AT A CTL FIELD.' I SAID 'WE ARE ON 3 MI FINAL AND WE'RE LNDG.' THERE WAS ANOTHER ACFT IN THE PATTERN, ANNOUNCING A LNDG ON 35. AFTER LNDG THE OTHER ACFT CONTINUED DOING TOUCH AND GO'S. THAT NIGHT IN OUR MOTEL, A FLT STANDARDS PERSON FROM SALT LAKE CITY WANTED TO HEAR MY SIDE OF THE STORY. I TOLD HIM WE HAD 3-5 MI VISIBILITY, 1200-1500' CEILINGS AND ENTERED THE TRANSITION AREA UNDER 700' AFTER ANNOUNCING OUR INTENTION TO LAND, AND THAT THE UNICOM PERSON MAY HAVE CALLED THE WX FROM WHERE HE WAS INSIDE THE BLDG LOOKING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FROM OUR ENTRY. THE LOGAN ARPT IS AN UNCONTROLLED ARPT WITH NO CTL ZONE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.