<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1478826, August 2017

Air carrier first officer reported entering aus taxiway G1 and encountering extremely bright led lights from the aus terminal which disoriented him and caused loss of night vision before entering the ramp area.

Attributes
ACN	1478826
Time
Date	201708
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	AUS.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

When turning northbound onto taxiway G1 in aus; there are extremely bright led light panels which are directed precisely at inbound aircraft. This causes immediate loss of situational awareness and results in future loss of night vision for the remainder of the taxi in. These lights are a serious safety hazard and need to be removed as soon as possible. Temporarily; crews could use taxiways G2 or G3 to enter the ramp area until these lights are removed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reported entering AUS Taxiway G1 and encountering extremely bright LED lights from the AUS terminal which disoriented him and caused loss of night vision before entering the ramp area.

Narrative: When turning northbound onto Taxiway G1 in AUS; there are extremely bright LED light panels which are directed precisely at inbound aircraft. This causes immediate loss of situational awareness and results in future loss of night vision for the remainder of the taxi in. These lights are a serious safety hazard and need to be removed ASAP. Temporarily; crews could use Taxiways G2 or G3 to enter the ramp area until these lights are removed.

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.