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A captain reported the PAPI at ptsa/ksa has been unserviceable for several months; a situation he believes uancceptable due to the short 5;700 ft length of the runway with both approaches over open water.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1205869 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PTSA.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 10000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Notams indicate that the PAPI system for ptsa is unserviceable. It does not say inoperative. During approaches to both runway 5 and 23; the PAPI lights can be turned on via pilot controlled lighting (the normal way); however; after about 10 seconds; they turn off. This has been like this for several months now. An approach to minimums on perhaps the shortest runway in the system (5700 ft) surrounded by water should have operable papis.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Captain reported the PAPI at PTSA/KSA has been unserviceable for several months; a situation he believes uancceptable due to the short 5;700 FT length of the runway with both approaches over open water.
Narrative: NOTAMs indicate that the PAPI system for PTSA is unserviceable. It does not say inoperative. During approaches to both runway 5 and 23; the PAPI lights can be turned on via pilot controlled lighting (the normal way); however; after about 10 seconds; they turn off. This has been like this for several months now. An approach to minimums on perhaps the shortest runway in the system (5700 FT) surrounded by water should have operable PAPIs.
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.