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A highly placed air carrier captain reported that dtw has several taxiway lights out and, that in his opinion, another serious incident could happen.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 235702 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199303 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 13000 |
| ASRS Report | 235702 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Runway and taxiway lights are out at many portions of dtw. You must issue a safety alert advisory before another accident happens at detroit. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporting pilot just wants us to know that dtw is no better than it ever was. Is an accident waiting to happen (again). He now has the FAA safety hotline number to lay this on them as well.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A HIGHLY PLACED ACR CAPT RPTED THAT DTW HAS SEVERAL TXWY LIGHTS OUT AND, THAT IN HIS OPINION, ANOTHER SERIOUS INCIDENT COULD HAPPEN.
Narrative: RWY AND TXWY LIGHTS ARE OUT AT MANY PORTIONS OF DTW. YOU MUST ISSUE A SAFETY ALERT ADVISORY BEFORE ANOTHER ACCIDENT HAPPENS AT DETROIT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTING PLT JUST WANTS US TO KNOW THAT DTW IS NO BETTER THAN IT EVER WAS. IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN (AGAIN). HE NOW HAS THE FAA SAFETY HOTLINE NUMBER TO LAY THIS ON THEM AS WELL.
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.