C182 pilot reported landing without contacting the tower which recently opened but was not yet publi...

Attributes
ACN	1606958
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	OAJ.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	VFR Route
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 22 Flight Crew Total 459 Flight Crew Type 22
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

I was on a VFR flight receiving flight following initiated post departure with approach at 6500 feet. During the flight a child passenger needed to use the restroom and I amended my flight plan to land at koaj. I landed without incident but my flight following was terminated by TRACON as I approached oaj and not transferred to tower. In maps which were up to date and airport data indicate oaj is a non towered airport and I landed at the field without incident and utilized the published CTAF frequency. When departing; I was notified on CTAF to switch to a tower frequency and spoke to the tower operator who told me an update was in the notams. I went to my NOTAMS and did not see it until I scrolled to the very bottom from months ago. There have been a couple of map updates and none showed this. In this day and age; I think this is not a smart way to leverage technology and could have been a danger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C182 pilot reported landing without contacting the Tower which recently opened but was not yet published except via a NOTAM.

Narrative: I was on a VFR flight receiving flight following initiated post departure with Approach at 6500 feet. During the flight a child passenger needed to use the restroom and I amended my flight plan to land at KOAJ. I landed without incident but my flight following was terminated by TRACON as I approached OAJ and not transferred to Tower. In maps which were up to date and airport data indicate OAJ is a non towered airport and I landed at the field without incident and utilized the published CTAF frequency. When departing; I was notified on CTAF to switch to a Tower frequency and spoke to the Tower operator who told me an update was in the NOTAMs. I went to my NOTAMS and did not see it until I scrolled to the very bottom from months ago. There have been a couple of map updates and none showed this. In this day and age; I think this is not a smart way to leverage technology and could have been a danger.

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.

C182 pilot reported landing without contacting the tower which recently opened but was not yet published except via a NOTAM.