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A320 pilot reported he shut off the strobes because the flashing at night causes vertigo and disorientation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1328793 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201601 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Strobe Light |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Strobes are unusable at night because they flash in the cockpit causing vertigo and disorientation..please force airbus to fix thisaction taken: turned off strobes
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 pilot reported he shut off the strobes because the flashing at night causes vertigo and disorientation.
Narrative: Strobes are unusable at night because they flash in the cockpit causing vertigo and disorientation..Please force Airbus to fix thisAction taken: Turned off strobes
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.