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Flight crew of cpr small transport lands and discovers snow removal equipment on far end of runway. Airport had been notamed closed, but information never passed on to flight crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 393171 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199802 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : okv |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5400 flight time type : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 393171 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Obtained usual preflight briefing and made non eventful IFR flight from gso to okv. Given approach clearance by dulles approach controller. Upon landing rollout noticed snowplows at far end of runway. Easily stopped in first half of runway with no conflict. When we arrived in the FBO we were informed that the airport had been notamed closed for snow removal. This information was not relayed to us by either the preflight WX briefing or any en route or approach controllers along the way. In checking the computer in the FBO, the NOTAM also did not appear for that airport. The obvious cause of the problem was a breakdown in communication between the origination of the NOTAM and the flight service station and/or controllers in not relaying this pertinent information to the pilots. In the future I will make sure to specifically ask for NOTAMS instead of relying on briefers to automatically give them as part of a standard briefing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF CPR SMT LANDS AND DISCOVERS SNOW REMOVAL EQUIP ON FAR END OF RWY. ARPT HAD BEEN NOTAMED CLOSED, BUT INFO NEVER PASSED ON TO FLC.
Narrative: OBTAINED USUAL PREFLT BRIEFING AND MADE NON EVENTFUL IFR FLT FROM GSO TO OKV. GIVEN APCH CLRNC BY DULLES APCH CTLR. UPON LNDG ROLLOUT NOTICED SNOWPLOWS AT FAR END OF RWY. EASILY STOPPED IN FIRST HALF OF RWY WITH NO CONFLICT. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN THE FBO WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE ARPT HAD BEEN NOTAMED CLOSED FOR SNOW REMOVAL. THIS INFO WAS NOT RELAYED TO US BY EITHER THE PREFLT WX BRIEFING OR ANY ENRTE OR APCH CTLRS ALONG THE WAY. IN CHKING THE COMPUTER IN THE FBO, THE NOTAM ALSO DID NOT APPEAR FOR THAT ARPT. THE OBVIOUS CAUSE OF THE PROB WAS A BREAKDOWN IN COM BTWN THE ORIGINATION OF THE NOTAM AND THE FLT SVC STATION AND/OR CTLRS IN NOT RELAYING THIS PERTINENT INFO TO THE PLTS. IN THE FUTURE I WILL MAKE SURE TO SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR NOTAMS INSTEAD OF RELYING ON BRIEFERS TO AUTOMATICALLY GIVE THEM AS PART OF A STANDARD BRIEFING.
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.