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BE55 pilot reports landing at dcy from an instrument approach to discover the airport is closed for runway painting. NOTAM's were down loaded to an ipad prior to departure. Whether this NOTAM was not issued or missed by the reporter is unknown.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 981308 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201111 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DCY.Airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Baron 55/Cochise |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 700 Flight Crew Type 100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle Ground Incursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
The flight started as a VFR flight with flight following to dcy. Prior to the flight I downloaded weather and NOTAM's to my ipad where the weather showed VFR most of the flight and possible IFR upon arrival; I also called the local dcy FBO three times with no answer. Mid-way through the flight while checking ATIS around the arriving airport the ceiling dropped to minimums; so I filed IFR in flight with indy center. Indy center handed me to holman approach and I shot the RNAV 18 approach. I announced my approach on CTAF and continued the approach. On the approach I broke out around 1;500 ft and I switched back to holman approach and canceled IFR and squawked VFR. Then I switched back to CTAF and announced my intentions to land. Continued the approach in light haze and the landing area was clear. On the flare and touchdown I noticed a truck on the far end of the runway which flashed his lights; but I decided continuing the landing was less risk than to go around. After taxi and stop I was informed that the runway was closed for painting.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE55 pilot reports landing at DCY from an instrument approach to discover the airport is closed for runway painting. NOTAM's were down loaded to an iPad prior to departure. Whether this NOTAM was not issued or missed by the reporter is unknown.
Narrative: The flight started as a VFR flight with flight following to DCY. Prior to the flight I downloaded weather and NOTAM's to my iPad where the weather showed VFR most of the flight and possible IFR upon arrival; I also called the local DCY FBO three times with no answer. Mid-way through the flight while checking ATIS around the arriving airport the ceiling dropped to minimums; so I filed IFR in flight with INDY Center. INDY Center handed me to Holman Approach and I shot the RNAV 18 approach. I announced my approach on CTAF and continued the approach. On the approach I broke out around 1;500 FT and I switched back to Holman Approach and canceled IFR and squawked VFR. Then I switched back to CTAF and announced my intentions to land. Continued the approach in light haze and the landing area was clear. On the flare and touchdown I noticed a truck on the far end of the runway which flashed his lights; but I decided continuing the landing was less risk than to go around. After taxi and stop I was informed that the runway was closed for painting.
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.