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Be-200 first officer reported bright construction flood lights on the field at pwk made it extremely hard to find the runway on a night visual approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1372668 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PWK.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 3400 Flight Crew Type 90 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
The tower was closed when we arrived at pwk. Runway resurfacing was being done on rwy 16. There were many construction company flood lights on Rwy16. Rwy 16 was closed. We were attempting to land on rwy 12. The construction lights were so bright that we had great difficulty in finding rwy 12. After a circle and a half we could only make out REIL for rwy 12. From 2500 AGL we could see all the taxiway lights; but no runway lights. We ended up using the taxiway lights as a guide to the runway.there needs to be some sort of restrictions on how construction lights are used at night.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE-200 First Officer reported bright construction flood lights on the field at PWK made it extremely hard to find the runway on a night visual approach.
Narrative: The tower was closed when we arrived at PWK. Runway resurfacing was being done on Rwy 16. There were many construction company flood lights on Rwy16. Rwy 16 was closed. We were attempting to land on Rwy 12. The construction lights were so bright that we had great difficulty in finding Rwy 12. After a circle and a half we could only make out REIL for Rwy 12. From 2500 AGL we could see all the taxiway lights; but no runway lights. We ended up using the taxiway lights as a guide to the runway.There needs to be some sort of restrictions on how construction lights are used at night.
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.