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Pilot of small transport reports the possibility of having lined up over the right side of runway for takeoff and destroying 3 runway lights. Aircraft tires had glass splinters imbedded in tread.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 127882 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198911 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iad |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : holding |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2200 |
| ASRS Report | 127882 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
*Pilot of small transport had only 1 hour's sleep prior to being called out on a 4 leg trip in IFR conditions. It was early, early a.M. WX conditions were a 200' ceiling and visibility of about 6000' RVR. A rolling takeoff was initiated with aircraft apparently straddling the centerline lights. Reporter complains of low cockpit and distorted visibility due to use of taxi and landing lights. Reflection within the cockpit is thought to have created a 'false' set of lights further to the right, therefore giving an illusion of lights to the right that were nonexistent. Reporter further complains of the company calling them at any hour of the day or night (mostly night) and getting inadequate rest. The evidence that concerns the pilot re: a possible bad line up was the fact that 3 runway lights were damaged on the right side of the runway and that the aircraft tires, nose wheel and right side had glass splinters embedded in them. The 3 legs were flown in that condition and pilot doesn't know how he could have done such a thing. High setting on HIRL is thought to be a factor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF SMT REPORTS THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING LINED UP OVER THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY FOR TKOF AND DESTROYING 3 RWY LIGHTS. ACFT TIRES HAD GLASS SPLINTERS IMBEDDED IN TREAD.
Narrative: *PLT OF SMT HAD ONLY 1 HR'S SLEEP PRIOR TO BEING CALLED OUT ON A 4 LEG TRIP IN IFR CONDITIONS. IT WAS EARLY, EARLY A.M. WX CONDITIONS WERE A 200' CEILING AND VISIBILITY OF ABOUT 6000' RVR. A ROLLING TKOF WAS INITIATED WITH ACFT APPARENTLY STRADDLING THE CENTERLINE LIGHTS. REPORTER COMPLAINS OF LOW COCKPIT AND DISTORTED VISIBILITY DUE TO USE OF TAXI AND LNDG LIGHTS. REFLECTION WITHIN THE COCKPIT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE CREATED A 'FALSE' SET OF LIGHTS FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, THEREFORE GIVING AN ILLUSION OF LIGHTS TO THE RIGHT THAT WERE NONEXISTENT. RPTR FURTHER COMPLAINS OF THE COMPANY CALLING THEM AT ANY HR OF THE DAY OR NIGHT (MOSTLY NIGHT) AND GETTING INADEQUATE REST. THE EVIDENCE THAT CONCERNS THE PLT RE: A POSSIBLE BAD LINE UP WAS THE FACT THAT 3 RWY LIGHTS WERE DAMAGED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY AND THAT THE ACFT TIRES, NOSE WHEEL AND RIGHT SIDE HAD GLASS SPLINTERS EMBEDDED IN THEM. THE 3 LEGS WERE FLOWN IN THAT CONDITION AND PLT DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE COULD HAVE DONE SUCH A THING. HIGH SETTING ON HIRL IS THOUGHT TO BE A FACTOR.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.