A pilot reported an mkl airport PAPI system was notamed unreliable; but was still active.

Attributes
ACN	1655584
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MKL.Airport
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

PAPI for runway 02 at mkl has been notamed as unreliable for a number of months; but remains active. If pilot were to follow the glideslope suggested by the PAPI; it would without a doubt cause flight into terrain. Suggest that PAPI be decommissioned till it can be properly repaired.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot reported an MKL airport PAPI system was NOTAMed unreliable; but was still active.

Narrative: PAPI for Runway 02 at MKL has been NOTAMed as unreliable for a number of months; but remains active. If pilot were to follow the glideslope suggested by the PAPI; it would without a doubt cause flight into terrain. Suggest that PAPI be decommissioned till it can be properly repaired.

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.