Narrative:

I had filed a flight plan with princeton FSS from st. Cloud. The flight service station, as I recall, did not inform me that the princeton airport was closed. I know that it is my responsibility to find all the information related to the flight, but I did not look up the NOTAMS, which would have prevented my decision to make a flight over to the princeton airport. I will make a point of collecting NOTAMS for flts, which I plan in the future from this incident. I had contacted flight service station about 10 mi out, and princeton radio gave me the current WX, surface wind, and altimeter setting. After receiving this, he had stopped talking so I thought he was done, so I switched the radio to the unicom frequency to listen for other traffic. I landed the plane. Being familiar with the airport, not seeing the numbers, I assumed there was snow on the runway. I touched down, and the snow was about an inch thick. I cleared runway 33 and taxied on the taxiway. I had contacted princeton radio again to let him know that we were going to take off again, and that is when he told me that he was trying to get a hold of me, but I was not responding. He was going to tell me that the airport was closed and had not been plowed. I had told him what I had done and why I did not answer, because I turned to the unicom frequency for other traffic, and he had not told me anything like standby, he just became quiet. I then asked him if I should take off or stay there. The guy told me it was my decision. I decided to take off. I know from ground school that I'm not supposed to take off from closed airports, but I did not want to be stuck there. I had just received my private pilot's license, and I feel that I'm still learning.

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Title: LOW-TIME C172 PLT LANDED AT A CLOSED ARPT, PNM.

Narrative: I HAD FILED A FLT PLAN WITH PRINCETON FSS FROM ST. CLOUD. THE FLT SVC STATION, AS I RECALL, DID NOT INFORM ME THAT THE PRINCETON ARPT WAS CLOSED. I KNOW THAT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND ALL THE INFO RELATED TO THE FLT, BUT I DID NOT LOOK UP THE NOTAMS, WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED MY DECISION TO MAKE A FLT OVER TO THE PRINCETON ARPT. I WILL MAKE A POINT OF COLLECTING NOTAMS FOR FLTS, WHICH I PLAN IN THE FUTURE FROM THIS INCIDENT. I HAD CONTACTED FLT SVC STATION ABOUT 10 MI OUT, AND PRINCETON RADIO GAVE ME THE CURRENT WX, SURFACE WIND, AND ALTIMETER SETTING. AFTER RECEIVING THIS, HE HAD STOPPED TALKING SO I THOUGHT HE WAS DONE, SO I SWITCHED THE RADIO TO THE UNICOM FREQ TO LISTEN FOR OTHER TFC. I LANDED THE PLANE. BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT, NOT SEEING THE NUMBERS, I ASSUMED THERE WAS SNOW ON THE RWY. I TOUCHED DOWN, AND THE SNOW WAS ABOUT AN INCH THICK. I CLRED RWY 33 AND TAXIED ON THE TXWY. I HAD CONTACTED PRINCETON RADIO AGAIN TO LET HIM KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO TAKE OFF AGAIN, AND THAT IS WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF ME, BUT I WAS NOT RESPONDING. HE WAS GOING TO TELL ME THAT THE ARPT WAS CLOSED AND HAD NOT BEEN PLOWED. I HAD TOLD HIM WHAT I HAD DONE AND WHY I DID NOT ANSWER, BECAUSE I TURNED TO THE UNICOM FREQ FOR OTHER TFC, AND HE HAD NOT TOLD ME ANYTHING LIKE STANDBY, HE JUST BECAME QUIET. I THEN ASKED HIM IF I SHOULD TAKE OFF OR STAY THERE. THE GUY TOLD ME IT WAS MY DECISION. I DECIDED TO TAKE OFF. I KNOW FROM GND SCHOOL THAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE OFF FROM CLOSED ARPTS, BUT I DID NOT WANT TO BE STUCK THERE. I HAD JUST RECEIVED MY PVT PLT'S LICENSE, AND I FEEL THAT I'M STILL LEARNING.

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.