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Small aircraft pilot reports that the runways at fmh do not have REIL's and the beginning of the runway is difficult to judge.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1178384 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201405 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FMH.Tower |
| State Reference | MA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| 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 Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 5100 Flight Crew Type 120 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
While night flying in VMC conditions I determined; no runway approach end identifier lights are available on any runway at this facility. The runway ends are lighted to indicate the (red) departure end of each runway; but the normal green threshold identification lights are installed with a black lens on the reverse side. The only indication of runway lighting is the beginning of side white lights indicating the side of runway; but no threshold indication is available. It would be easy to 'land short' of the runway in at least 2 of the 4 runways as there are no other approach lights to them (runways 5 & 14).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Small aircraft pilot reports that the runways at FMH do not have REIL's and the beginning of the runway is difficult to judge.
Narrative: While night flying in VMC conditions I determined; no runway approach end identifier lights are available on any runway at this facility. The runway ends are lighted to indicate the (red) departure end of each runway; but the normal green threshold identification lights are installed with a black lens on the reverse side. The only indication of runway lighting is the beginning of side white lights indicating the side of runway; but no threshold indication is available. It would be easy to 'land short' of the runway in at least 2 of the 4 runways as there are no other approach lights to them (Runways 5 & 14).
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.