GA pilot reported the wig wag lights at dvt airport are too bright and affect night vision adaptatio...

Attributes
ACN	1758366
Time
Date	202008
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DVT.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 7400 Flight Crew Type 700
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

The wig wag lights at the hold line for the runways are too [bright] and destroy dark adaptation. Thus endangering night flight. This is a safety of flight issue and probably exists throughout the system. Tower/ground control tells me that they are dimmed as low as they go.please help because night vision is important to see and avoid in VMC/VFR flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported the wig wag lights at DVT airport are too bright and affect night vision adaptation.

Narrative: The wig wag lights at the hold line for the runways are too [bright] and destroy dark adaptation. Thus endangering night flight. This is a Safety of Flight issue and probably exists throughout the system. Tower/Ground Control tells me that they are dimmed as low as they go.Please help because night vision is important to see and avoid in VMC/VFR flight.

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GA pilot reported the wig wag lights at dvt airport are too bright and affect night vision adaptation.