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Flight instructor asks student to check NOTAMS and discovers after the fact that landings were practiced at a closed airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 827308 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200903 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | D81.Airport |
| State Reference | MN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
While conducting a routine training flight the student was instructed to obtain a weather briefing for the flight. The briefing was received through an FSS. The instructor was out of an earshot's distance of the student and did not verify the briefing as the weather was adequate to complete the flight and the student made no mention of any irregularities received from the briefer. During the flight several landings were made at red lake falls airport (D81) in red lake falls; mn. Upon return from the flight the instructor; while checking NOTAMS for a different flight; was made aware of a NOTAM stating that the D81 airport was closed. This NOTAM was in effect while the flight in question conducted the landings mentioned above. This NOTAM was not issued on the company's restrictions website and as a result the instructor did not feel it necessary to check NOTAMS for the flight. The instructor has altered their preflight procedures in order to ensure that all available information is made available to themselves directly from the FAA to ensure that instances like this will not occur again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight instructor asks student to check NOTAMS and discovers after the fact that landings were practiced at a closed airport.
Narrative: While conducting a routine training flight the student was instructed to obtain a weather briefing for the flight. The briefing was received through an FSS. The instructor was out of an earshot's distance of the student and did not verify the briefing as the weather was adequate to complete the flight and the student made no mention of any irregularities received from the briefer. During the flight several landings were made at Red Lake Falls airport (D81) in Red Lake Falls; MN. Upon return from the flight the instructor; while checking NOTAMS for a different flight; was made aware of a NOTAM stating that the D81 airport was closed. This NOTAM was in effect while the flight in question conducted the landings mentioned above. This NOTAM was not issued on the company's restrictions website and as a result the instructor did not feel it necessary to check NOTAMS for the flight. The instructor has altered their preflight procedures in order to ensure that all available information is made available to themselves directly from the FAA to ensure that instances like this will not occur again.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.