Narrative:

While conducting private pilot night training flight, aircraft initiated touch and go landing on runway closed for maintenance. This problem was discovered after full stop landing on a different ry, and taxi back to hangar. No action was taken at the time of occurrence as no runway closure markings, men, or equipment occupied runway. Following events preceeded occurrence. At xx local time, student and I were conducting touch and go lndgs at ephrata, wa. 10 mi northwest of grant co airport. Departing ephrata en route to grant co, local ATIS 119.05 was tuned in to determine if tower was still in operation (normal operations 0630-2300 local). No information was available on this frequency, (heard static). Using same radio, local CTAF 118.1 was tuned. Immediately, other aircraft operating out of grant co on same training mission were heard advising of their intentions. At this time, XX05 other aircraft were conducting touch and go lndgs on runway 36 and full stop lndgs on 3. Shortly after our arrival for touch and goes on runway 36, we found ourselves the only aircraft in the pattern. After several approachs to runway 36 and a couple to 3 I decided to show my student the effect of landing on a very wide runway. On downwind to runway 32R, I activated the A5 approach light system. Touch and go landing was conducted without incident. After taxiing to our hangar, port security officer apprehended us advising of our operation on a runway that was closed for maintenance. Officer also advised of runway closure information available on ATIS, (it was by this time). Our attempt to receive ATIS had coincided with the tower closure, and occurred before the all night message was broadcast, which I was not aware of. (This was our first night operation after daylight savings, without tower service). I feel temporary runway closure marking should have been in place as an aircraft not radio equipped operating after hours would have had similar problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR AND TRNEE LANDED ON CLOSED RWY. ADVISED BY GND PERSONNEL. ADVICE OF RWY CLOSING AND CONSTRUCTION WAS ON ATIS.

Narrative: WHILE CONDUCTING PVT PLT NIGHT TRNING FLT, ACFT INITIATED TOUCH AND GO LNDG ON RWY CLOSED FOR MAINT. THIS PROB WAS DISCOVERED AFTER FULL STOP LNDG ON A DIFFERENT RY, AND TAXI BACK TO HANGAR. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE AS NO RWY CLOSURE MARKINGS, MEN, OR EQUIP OCCUPIED RWY. FOLLOWING EVENTS PRECEEDED OCCURRENCE. AT XX LCL TIME, STUDENT AND I WERE CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LNDGS AT EPHRATA, WA. 10 MI NW OF GRANT CO ARPT. DEPARTING EPHRATA ENRTE TO GRANT CO, LCL ATIS 119.05 WAS TUNED IN TO DETERMINE IF TWR WAS STILL IN OP (NORMAL OPS 0630-2300 LCL). NO INFO WAS AVAILABLE ON THIS FREQ, (HEARD STATIC). USING SAME RADIO, LCL CTAF 118.1 WAS TUNED. IMMEDIATELY, OTHER ACFT OPERATING OUT OF GRANT CO ON SAME TRNING MISSION WERE HEARD ADVISING OF THEIR INTENTIONS. AT THIS TIME, XX05 OTHER ACFT WERE CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LNDGS ON RWY 36 AND FULL STOP LNDGS ON 3. SHORTLY AFTER OUR ARR FOR TOUCH AND GOES ON RWY 36, WE FOUND OURSELVES THE ONLY ACFT IN THE PATTERN. AFTER SEVERAL APCHS TO RWY 36 AND A COUPLE TO 3 I DECIDED TO SHOW MY STUDENT THE EFFECT OF LNDG ON A VERY WIDE RWY. ON DOWNWIND TO RWY 32R, I ACTIVATED THE A5 APCH LIGHT SYS. TOUCH AND GO LNDG WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER TAXIING TO OUR HANGAR, PORT SECURITY OFFICER APPREHENDED US ADVISING OF OUR OP ON A RWY THAT WAS CLOSED FOR MAINT. OFFICER ALSO ADVISED OF RWY CLOSURE INFO AVAILABLE ON ATIS, (IT WAS BY THIS TIME). OUR ATTEMPT TO RECEIVE ATIS HAD COINCIDED WITH THE TWR CLOSURE, AND OCCURRED BEFORE THE ALL NIGHT MESSAGE WAS BROADCAST, WHICH I WAS NOT AWARE OF. (THIS WAS OUR FIRST NIGHT OP AFTER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, WITHOUT TWR SVC). I FEEL TEMPORARY RWY CLOSURE MARKING SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE AS AN ACFT NOT RADIO EQUIPPED OPERATING AFTER HRS WOULD HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROB.

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