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The tower supervisor reports controllers are not setting the airport lighting in the proper position when they close the tower at night.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1333667 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201602 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CPR.Tower |
| State Reference | WY |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Supervisor / CIC |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.0 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The tower is closed overnight from XA00 until XB00 time. When I opened the airport the approach lighting system was still in ground-to-ground. It should've been on pilot controlled lighting. The tower has a closing checklist specifically stating to put it in pilot control. The checklist was not followed. A few weeks prior I found the same issue with a different closing controller in charge. I am reporting to the air traffic manager that we may have a trend of complacency on the closing checklist by controller in charge's. I'll encourage refresher training for all controller in charge's on their duties and responsibilities. Additionally; I will talk to the controller in charge involved with this situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The Tower supervisor reports controllers are not setting the airport lighting in the proper position when they close the Tower at night.
Narrative: The Tower is closed overnight from XA00 until XB00 time. When I opened the airport the approach lighting system was still in ground-to-ground. It should've been on pilot controlled lighting. The tower has a closing checklist specifically stating to put it in pilot control. The checklist was not followed. A few weeks prior I found the same issue with a different closing Controller In Charge. I am reporting to the Air Traffic Manager that we may have a trend of complacency on the closing checklist by CIC's. I'll encourage refresher training for all CIC's on their duties and responsibilities. Additionally; I will talk to the CIC involved with this situation.
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.