Ramp lighting interfering with taxiing aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	164860
Time
Date	199012
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ont airport : ewr airport : bwi
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	164860
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

The purpose of this report is to document marginal ground operations conditions. These marginal situations put an extra burden on the pilot. They may lead to incidents/accidents. The pilot will be blamed, when the circumstances put the pilot in an unsafe environment. Problem. Excess ramp lighting from the terminal on high poles that project on ramps/gates. Taxiing into gates is difficult looking into glare, especially if it is wet on the ramp. Location: bwi, ont, ewr.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RAMP LIGHTING INTERFERING WITH TAXIING ACFT.

Narrative: THE PURPOSE OF THIS RPT IS TO DOCUMENT MARGINAL GND OPS CONDITIONS. THESE MARGINAL SITUATIONS PUT AN EXTRA BURDEN ON THE PLT. THEY MAY LEAD TO INCIDENTS/ACCIDENTS. THE PLT WILL BE BLAMED, WHEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES PUT THE PLT IN AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT. PROBLEM. EXCESS RAMP LIGHTING FROM THE TERMINAL ON HIGH POLES THAT PROJECT ON RAMPS/GATES. TAXIING INTO GATES IS DIFFICULT LOOKING INTO GLARE, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS WET ON THE RAMP. LOCATION: BWI, ONT, EWR.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.