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Ultralight pilot reported landing on a closed runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1590536 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Ultralight |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 1750 Flight Crew Type 20 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
Got up early and got a weather briefing; with marginal VFR expected at departure time; but forecast expected clearing up. Departed on a VFR cross country in marginal VMC conditions (ceilings). After departure; flew heading as required to avoid a few clouds. Later became apparent that the cross country would not be able to be safely completed; due to clouds developing below; rather than dissipating (could see that ground lights were becoming 'fuzzy'); and due to being dark; unsure what was above. Flew to a local airport (towered; but tower not open) I am familiar with and setup for [the] runway. On approach; everything seemed normal; except the runway lights were out. After landing; I noticed that all of the taxiways leading up to runway were barricaded. Came to conclusion runway was closed. Was able to taxi clear on an intersecting runway; and taxied to the ramp while it was still dark. Checked notams and found the runway was closed. The runway closure NOTAM was not in the weather. Additionally; there was not a lighted 'X' on the runway to designate that the runway was closed. No personnel were working on the runway; and no damage occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ultralight pilot reported landing on a closed runway.
Narrative: Got up early and got a weather briefing; with marginal VFR expected at departure time; but forecast expected clearing up. Departed on a VFR cross country in marginal VMC conditions (ceilings). After departure; flew heading as required to avoid a few clouds. Later became apparent that the cross country would not be able to be safely completed; due to clouds developing below; rather than dissipating (could see that ground lights were becoming 'fuzzy'); and due to being dark; unsure what was above. Flew to a local airport (towered; but tower not open) I am familiar with and setup for [the] runway. On approach; everything seemed normal; except the runway lights were out. After landing; I noticed that all of the taxiways leading up to runway were barricaded. Came to conclusion runway was closed. Was able to taxi clear on an intersecting runway; and taxied to the ramp while it was still dark. Checked NOTAMs and found the runway was closed. The runway closure NOTAM was not in the weather. Additionally; there was not a lighted 'X' on the runway to designate that the runway was closed. No personnel were working on the runway; and no damage occurred.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.