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An air carrier pilot reported that it was hard to see the lead in line when parking because of the tug lights shining back at him.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1515776 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
We recently arrived at ZZZ airport and upon reaching the gate; couldn't see the j-line due to the led lights on the pushback tug being turned on. It's not normally a problem with the older incandescent lights; but the led headlights are especially bright; and we've been sitting in the dark for the duration of our flight. We couldn't find the j-line and had to call station ops to ask them to turn off the tug lights in order to see it. With the wingtip clearances growing ever smaller these days; we didn't want to run the risk of being out of the box. This is also a problem from time to time on pushback with these led headlights. It seems ground ops has them turned on to help locate the correct gate; but it tends to be more of a hindrance than help. Please pass along to ground ops to leave the tug headlights off for taxi in. This may be a procedure for them to leave on; but it doesn't help.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier pilot reported that it was hard to see the lead in line when parking because of the tug lights shining back at him.
Narrative: We recently arrived at ZZZ airport and upon reaching the gate; couldn't see the J-line due to the LED lights on the pushback tug being turned on. It's not normally a problem with the older incandescent lights; but the LED headlights are especially bright; and we've been sitting in the dark for the duration of our flight. We couldn't find the J-line and had to call Station Ops to ask them to turn off the tug lights in order to see it. With the wingtip clearances growing ever smaller these days; we didn't want to run the risk of being out of the box. This is also a problem from time to time on pushback with these LED headlights. It seems Ground Ops has them turned on to help locate the correct gate; but it tends to be more of a hindrance than help. Please pass along to Ground Ops to leave the tug headlights off for taxi in. This may be a procedure for them to leave on; but it doesn't help.
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.