"Ron Natalie" wrote in message om...
Does he have to radio an FSS to check if everything looks good on a fly by?
What if he has no radio? Has a violation been committed?

By and large it's not the FAA who knows or cares if airports are closed to
certain operations. It's the person who owns/runs the airport that does.
It's not a FAR violation (unless there was some safety issue like there
were people working on the runway, etc...) to land at a closed airport.

Well, technically it is a violation. If the FAA choses to be picky
about it, they can ding you for not having obtained all of the
information for your flight (which includes NOTAMs).

I know a pilot that landed at an airport that was temporarily
NOTAMed closed. He had to take a ride with an inspector (709???).

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)