PLT OF C182 KNOWINGLY LANDS ON TXWY AT CXP WHEN RWY CLOSED DUE TO DISABLED ACFT.

Date: 2006-10 · Aircraft: Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG · Phase: landing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

PLT OF C182 KNOWINGLY LANDS ON TXWY AT CXP WHEN RWY CLOSED DUE TO DISABLED ACFT.

Narrative

I WAS FLYING TO CXP FROM SQL. I HAD CHKED THE WX VIA DUATS BEFORE THE FLT. I WAS OVER THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS WHEN ZOA ASKED ME IF I HAD THE NOTAM ABOUT CXP ARPT CLOSURE. I SAID NO; COULD YOU GIVE IT TO ME? HE TOLD ME CXP WAS CLOSED DUE TO A DISABLED ACFT ON THE RWY. I ASKED THE EFFECTIVE TIME AND HE TOLD ME XA00Z. I DIDN'T SEE THAT NOTAM. DUATS IS SO CLUTTERED WITH PAGES OF CANCELED NOTAMS AND SIGMETS THAT ARE HUNDREDS OF MI AWAY FROM THE INTENDED RTE OF FLT THAT I MISSED THE MOST IMPORTANT NOTAM TO ME. I ASKED ZOA TO SHOW MY DEST AS RNO AND PROCEEDED TOWARD IT. I WAS OVERFLYING THE FIELD AT CXP ON MY WAY TO RNO. I RADIOED CXP CTAF FOR TA'S IN THE AREA. I TALKED TO SOMEONE ON THE GND NEAR THE DISABLED ACFT ON RWY 9/27. I SAW THE ACFT; MEN AND EQUIP ON THE RWY. I MADE A TURN AND WAS ABOUT TO DEPART THE AREA TOWARD RNO WHEN I NOTICED MY FUEL GAUGES WERE LOW. I WAS UNSURE IF I HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO CONTINUE. I ELECTED TO LAND ON TXWY C WHICH WAS DIAGONAL TO THE CLOSED RWY. IN RETROSPECT; IF I WOULD HAVE SEEN THE NOTAM I WOULD HAVE FLOWN DIRECT TO RNO. I BELIEVE DUATS SHOULD BE CLEANED UP AND THAT APPLICABLE NOTAMS TO THE DEST SHOULD BE IN BOLD PRINT. THEY SHOULD NOT BE MIXED IN WITH ALL THE CLUTTER.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.