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A pilot reported that on approach there appeared a pole with a red light mounted atop it; ahead of the left wing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1499358 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201711 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DXR.Airport |
| State Reference | CT |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 131 Flight Crew Total 6600 Flight Crew Type 1700 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 |
Narrative:
On approach to dxr in night conditions; I was about 1 nautical mile from the airport; on a straight-in approach to runway 26; behind another aircraft. I was concentrating on slowing down behind the slower-moving airplane ahead of me; and was not familiar with this approach; at night. I suddenly realized that there was a pole with a red light mounted atop it; ahead of my left wing. I swerved to the right to be sure that I would avoid striking the pole; when I realized that I could see the tops of treetops in my landing lights. I increased power and climbed to a safe altitude; then continued the approach.I feel that there should be a lighted visual approach slope indicator or precision approach path indicator for runway 26; to help avoid this same situation; in the future. The rising terrain to the east of dxr; which is in a valley; necessitates this improvement.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot reported that on approach there appeared a pole with a red light mounted atop it; ahead of the left wing.
Narrative: On approach to DXR in night conditions; I was about 1 nautical mile from the airport; on a straight-in approach to Runway 26; behind another aircraft. I was concentrating on slowing down behind the slower-moving airplane ahead of me; and was not familiar with this approach; at night. I suddenly realized that there was a pole with a red light mounted atop it; ahead of my left wing. I swerved to the right to be sure that I would avoid striking the pole; when I realized that I could see the tops of treetops in my landing lights. I increased power and climbed to a safe altitude; then continued the approach.I feel that there should be a lighted visual approach slope indicator or precision approach path indicator for Runway 26; to help avoid this same situation; in the future. The rising terrain to the east of DXR; which is in a valley; necessitates this improvement.
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.