Small aircraft pilot landed at closed airport.

Attributes
ACN	315976
Time
Date	199509
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : l70
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mem
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cheetah, Tiger, Traveler
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 18 flight time total : 200 flight time type : 120
ASRS Report	315976
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	316570
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Approaching airport called unicom. No answer. Landed. After landing, a fellow came out and told us airport was closed. There were no X's on runway. We left and overflew airport to make sure no X's were visible from the air. If runways were X'ed out or if they responded on unicom we would never have landed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: FSS briefer stated a NOTAM had been issued in jun/95 stating that the airport was closed and had never been canceled. Airport manager stated the airport was having the runways resurfaced and a NOTAM had been issued. X's were not put on the runway because FAA had told him an 'right' in the segmented circle was all that was needed. Airport will be reopening soon.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT LANDED AT CLOSED ARPT.

Narrative: APCHING ARPT CALLED UNICOM. NO ANSWER. LANDED. AFTER LNDG, A FELLOW CAME OUT AND TOLD US ARPT WAS CLOSED. THERE WERE NO X'S ON RWY. WE LEFT AND OVERFLEW ARPT TO MAKE SURE NO X'S WERE VISIBLE FROM THE AIR. IF RWYS WERE X'ED OUT OR IF THEY RESPONDED ON UNICOM WE WOULD NEVER HAVE LANDED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: FSS BRIEFER STATED A NOTAM HAD BEEN ISSUED IN JUN/95 STATING THAT THE ARPT WAS CLOSED AND HAD NEVER BEEN CANCELED. ARPT MGR STATED THE ARPT WAS HAVING THE RWYS RESURFACED AND A NOTAM HAD BEEN ISSUED. X'S WERE NOT PUT ON THE RWY BECAUSE FAA HAD TOLD HIM AN 'R' IN THE SEGMENTED CIRCLE WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED. ARPT WILL BE REOPENING SOON.

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.