<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1317295, December 2015

A pilot on short final to ord runway 27R reported distraction caused by a bright electronic sign in the sporting arena parking.

Attributes
ACN	1317295
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

While on short final to runway 27R in ord; there is an electronic sign in the sporting arena parking lot that is very bright. This sign is distracting at night and especially when on the ILS. I let the ord tower controller know that this sign is distracting and there were two other flights complaining about this sign. The controller said that they have received numerous complaints about this sign.a bright distracting sign on short final to a runway. This sign either needs to have the intensity turned down or turned off.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot on short final to ORD Runway 27R reported distraction caused by a bright electronic sign in the sporting arena parking.

Narrative: While on short final to Runway 27R in ORD; there is an electronic sign in the sporting arena parking lot that is very bright. This sign is distracting at night and especially when on the ILS. I let the ORD Tower controller know that this sign is distracting and there were two other flights complaining about this sign. The controller said that they have received numerous complaints about this sign.A bright distracting sign on short final to a runway. This sign either needs to have the intensity turned down or turned off.

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.