2004-01 · NASA ASRS report 683385
PA28-140 PLT RPTS NOTAMS FOR RWY CLOSURES AT AVQ WERE NOT UP TO DATE.
I FLEW FROM RYAN AIRFIELD; TUCSON (RYN) TO MARANA REGIONAL ARPT; TUCSON (AVQ). ON A PREVIOUS VISIT THERE 2 DAYS EARLIER; I NOTED THAT RWYS 3/21 WERE CLOSED. RWY 12 IS THE PREFERRED RWY AT AVQ. WHEN I TUNED IN ASOS FOR AVQ; IT WAS OTS. I RPTED MY INTENTIONS ON THE CTAF TO FLY L TFC TO RWY 12; AVQ. I LATER RPTED ON THE 45 DEG AND AGAIN UPON TURNING DOWNWIND FOR RWY 12. MIDFIELD ON DOWNWIND I HEARD A CALL ON AVQ CTAF THAT RWY 12 WAS CLOSED AND I SHOULD USE RWY 3. AT THAT TIME I WAS ABEAM THE DEP END OF RWY 3 AND LOOKED TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS NO LONGER CLOSED. I CONFIRMED WITH AVQ UNICOM THAT RWY 3 WAS INDEED OPEN. I PROCEEDED TO LAND ON RWY 3. AFTER LNDG; I CALLED FSS AND ASKED FOR NOTAMS FOR AVQ. I WAS ADVISED BY FSS THAT RWY 12/30 WAS CLOSED UNTIL XE00Z AND RWY 3/21 WAS CLOSED INDEFINITELY. I HAD LUNCH AT AVQ AND OBSERVED AT LEAST A DOZEN TKOFS AND LNDGS ON RWY 3 IN THE ENSUING HR AND AT APPROX XA45Z I TOOK OFF ON RWY 3 WHICH WAS NOTAMED CLOSED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISED THAT RWY 3/21 WAS RE-OPENED TEMPORARILY DUE TO MAINT BEING PERFORMED ON RWYS 12/31.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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