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Air taxi flight crew reported receiving prior permission to land on a NOTAM-closed runway; but still finding yellow X's and sandbags on it upon arrival.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1600343 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SUT.Airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter FOD |
Narrative:
We were dispatched to ksut. Runways 5/23 were NOTAM closed. Unless you gave two hour notice of your arrival. We called the airport and were assured of a landing clearance. We did all due diligence to assure a safe and legal landing. ATC asked if we were cleared for a landing as well. As we were turning downwind we noticed yellow X's on the runway. We asked the airport if we were still authorized to land. And they said yes. Right before touchdown we noticed objects on the yellow X's. After shutdown we asked airport management why the yellow X's were not part of the notams. We also found the objects were sandbags. We found that the sandbags and yellow X' should be part of the NOTAM. Also; you need available runway listed in feet in between the X's.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Taxi flight crew reported receiving prior permission to land on a NOTAM-closed runway; but still finding yellow X's and sandbags on it upon arrival.
Narrative: We were dispatched to KSUT. Runways 5/23 were NOTAM closed. Unless you gave two hour notice of your arrival. We called the airport and were assured of a landing clearance. We did all due diligence to assure a safe and legal landing. ATC asked if we were cleared for a landing as well. As we were turning downwind we noticed yellow X's on the runway. We asked the airport if we were still authorized to land. And they said yes. Right before touchdown we noticed objects on the yellow X's. After shutdown we asked airport management why the yellow X's were not part of the NOTAMs. We also found the objects were sandbags. We found that the sandbags and yellow X' should be part of the NOTAM. Also; you need available runway listed in feet in between the X's.
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.