Narrative:

On the night of august myself and a copilot dropped 2 passengers at cuyahoga county, cleveland, oh. After making a phone call, while taxiing out city operations radioed us relaying 'takeoff at your discretion the runway will be closed later for painting.' after takeoff operations then went to the hangar for my name. The next day operations called the FAA who called my director of operations, who relayed the information to me. The runway had been notamed closed. The situation occurred because during my flight brief I did not receive the NOTAM. This fact has been varified by review of the tapes at FSS. City operations did not relay that the runway was notamed closed. The whole situation could have been avoided if city operations would have communicated with us and the rest of the pilot community instead of trying to hang us and our careers via the FAA.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF SMT CPR ACFT TOOK OFF CLOSED RWY ARPT.

Narrative: ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST MYSELF AND A COPLT DROPPED 2 PAXS AT CUYAHOGA COUNTY, CLEVELAND, OH. AFTER MAKING A PHONE CALL, WHILE TAXIING OUT CITY OPS RADIOED US RELAYING 'TKOF AT YOUR DISCRETION THE RWY WILL BE CLOSED LATER FOR PAINTING.' AFTER TKOF OPS THEN WENT TO THE HANGAR FOR MY NAME. THE NEXT DAY OPS CALLED THE FAA WHO CALLED MY DIRECTOR OF OPS, WHO RELAYED THE INFO TO ME. THE RWY HAD BEEN NOTAMED CLOSED. THE SITUATION OCCURRED BECAUSE DURING MY FLT BRIEF I DID NOT RECEIVE THE NOTAM. THIS FACT HAS BEEN VARIFIED BY REVIEW OF THE TAPES AT FSS. CITY OPS DID NOT RELAY THAT THE RWY WAS NOTAMED CLOSED. THE WHOLE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF CITY OPS WOULD HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH US AND THE REST OF THE PLT COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HANG US AND OUR CAREERS VIA THE FAA.

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.