An air carrier large transport captain reiterates the taxiway light situation at dtw.

Attributes
ACN	237274
Time
Date	199303
Day	Fri
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
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 : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	237274
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Night taxi at dtw in reduced visibility to runway 21C. No blue taxiway lights around O-4 or the parallel for 21C. Almost taxied onto runway but noticed the centerline lights. When will these lights be fixed? The dtw airport has many intxns that can result in runway incursions. With many inoperative taxi lights and no runway hold short lights (or wig-wag lights) it is only a matter of time before another accident at detroit!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LGT CAPT REITERATES THE TXWY LIGHT SIT AT DTW.

Narrative: NIGHT TAXI AT DTW IN REDUCED VISIBILITY TO RWY 21C. NO BLUE TXWY LIGHTS AROUND O-4 OR THE PARALLEL FOR 21C. ALMOST TAXIED ONTO RWY BUT NOTICED THE CTRLINE LIGHTS. WHEN WILL THESE LIGHTS BE FIXED? THE DTW ARPT HAS MANY INTXNS THAT CAN RESULT IN RWY INCURSIONS. WITH MANY INOP TAXI LIGHTS AND NO RWY HOLD SHORT LIGHTS (OR WIG-WAG LIGHTS) IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE ANOTHER ACCIDENT AT DETROIT!

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.