A C172 pilot landed at a closed airport, 062, ca.

Attributes
ACN	587504
Time
Date	200307
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : o62.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff landing : roll
Route In Use	arrival : vfr
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 950 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	587504
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airport Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Landed at carmel valley airport. Did not know it was a closed airport. Airport identifer is 062. X's were quite worn and hard to notice, until flare. ATC was aware of my intentions. Landing and takeoff were uneventful. Property owner should repaint 'X's' to make them more noticeable. Sectional chart should say 'closed.' after incident, I did notice that it was a closed airport in airport facility directory.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 PLT LANDED AT A CLOSED ARPT, 062, CA.

Narrative: LANDED AT CARMEL VALLEY ARPT. DID NOT KNOW IT WAS A CLOSED ARPT. ARPT IDENTIFER IS 062. X'S WERE QUITE WORN AND HARD TO NOTICE, UNTIL FLARE. ATC WAS AWARE OF MY INTENTIONS. LNDG AND TKOF WERE UNEVENTFUL. PROPERTY OWNER SHOULD REPAINT 'X'S' TO MAKE THEM MORE NOTICEABLE. SECTIONAL CHART SHOULD SAY 'CLOSED.' AFTER INCIDENT, I DID NOTICE THAT IT WAS A CLOSED ARPT IN ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY.

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.