Private pilot reported that during a recent flight at dusk a tower light was inoperative; two drop z...

Narrative:

[While flying approximately 100 nm north of ktme] right before sunset and notice that a tower light at 295709n0960045w is out of service; but it was not in the NOTAM and not sure who to report to.two drop zones (fentress and luling) disappeared from san antonio sectional while they are still in operation. On the other hand; two drop zones (waller and sealy) show on houston's sectional; but they shut down long time ago. FAA needs to have better control over sectional updates especially for something that critical. You cannot see and avoid a human falling from the sky at 120 miles an hour.been on contact with sgr and tme towers when I became very close to other aircrafts that were not in contact with the towers. I know I'm flying VFR; but I thought towers would be consistent with giving traffic warnings.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Private pilot reported that during a recent flight at dusk a tower light was inoperative; two drop zones not in use were still listed on the sectional chart; and inadequate traffic warnings were issued by two local airport Towers.

Narrative: [While flying approximately 100 nm north of KTME] right before sunset and notice that a tower light at 295709N0960045W is out of service; but it was not in the NOTAM and not sure who to report to.Two drop zones (Fentress and Luling) disappeared from San Antonio sectional while they are still in operation. On the other hand; two drop zones (Waller and Sealy) show on Houston's sectional; but they shut down long time ago. FAA needs to have better control over sectional updates especially for something that critical. You cannot see and avoid a human falling from the sky at 120 miles an hour.Been on contact with SGR and TME towers when I became very close to other aircrafts that were not in contact with the towers. I know I'm flying VFR; but I thought towers would be consistent with giving traffic warnings.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1398487
Time
Date	201610
Place
Locale Reference	TX42.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Total 250
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Private pilot reported that during a recent flight at dusk a tower light was inoperative; two drop zones not in use were still listed on the sectional chart; and inadequate traffic warnings were issued by two local airport towers.