C172 pilot on short final reports a construction vehicle approaching edge of runway 23 beyond displa...

Attributes
ACN	951455
Time
Date	201105
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	GCY.Airport
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 190 Flight Crew Type 120
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 100

Narrative:

NOTAM for gcy showed displaced threshold on runway 23 and 5 and shorter length of runway. [I was] on approach; contacted field via unicom to determine active. On final approach to runway 23; observed construction vehicles at the end of the runway; also noticed large yellow 'X' on the end of the runway 23. To the right of the runway on the dirt; I noticed the indicator for the start of the displaced threshold about 500 ft up. As I got lower; a front end loader was in operation beyond the threshold and while I was approaching; it moved toward and actually reached the edge of the runway. At that point I aborted my landing. I again contacted the FBO via unicom; to confirm that I was at the right airport and that it was in fact opened. They informed me that the airport was open in spite of the X on the runway. On my second approach to land; the front end loader moved back to the taxiway as I approached and I landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot on short final reports a construction vehicle approaching edge of Runway 23 beyond displaced threshold at GCY; and goes around. On the second approach the vehicle is well clear and a normal landing ensues.

Narrative: NOTAM for GCY showed displaced threshold on Runway 23 and 5 and shorter length of runway. [I was] on approach; contacted field via Unicom to determine active. On final approach to Runway 23; observed construction vehicles at the end of the runway; also noticed large yellow 'X' on the end of the Runway 23. To the right of the runway on the dirt; I noticed the indicator for the start of the displaced threshold about 500 FT up. As I got lower; a front end loader was in operation beyond the threshold and while I was approaching; it moved toward and actually reached the edge of the runway. At that point I aborted my landing. I again contacted the FBO via Unicom; to confirm that I was at the right airport and that it was in fact opened. They informed me that the airport was open in spite of the X on the runway. On my second approach to land; the front end loader moved back to the taxiway as I approached and I landed without incident.

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.

C172 pilot on short final reports a construction vehicle approaching edge of runway 23 beyond displaced threshold at gcy; and goes around. On the second approach the vehicle is well clear and a normal landing ensues.