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An air carrier medium large transport pilot reports that there are bright lights from a golf driving range that hinder night vision on approach to runway 15L.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 258660 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199312 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jan |
| State Reference | MS |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 200 agl bound upper : 400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : jan |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 258660 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Bright lights form new golf driving range off end of runway 15L, jackson, ms. Very distracting. Pass over lights about 200 ft above minimums in order to see runway lights before passing golf range, intensity turned up. After passing golf range, night vision ruined and runway lights too bright. Will be more unsafe in IMC conditions. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter states that he called the jan tower regarding the lights. The tower reported that he was not the first one to complain about the lights, and suggested that he might write an ASRS report. He has also filled out a form that alerts his chief pilot to this problem. He has not been back to jan to see if there has been any changes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR MLG PLT RPTS THAT THERE ARE BRIGHT LIGHTS FROM A GOLF DRIVING RANGE THAT HINDER NIGHT VISION ON APCH TO RWY 15L.
Narrative: BRIGHT LIGHTS FORM NEW GOLF DRIVING RANGE OFF END OF RWY 15L, JACKSON, MS. VERY DISTRACTING. PASS OVER LIGHTS ABOUT 200 FT ABOVE MINIMUMS IN ORDER TO SEE RWY LIGHTS BEFORE PASSING GOLF RANGE, INTENSITY TURNED UP. AFTER PASSING GOLF RANGE, NIGHT VISION RUINED AND RWY LIGHTS TOO BRIGHT. WILL BE MORE UNSAFE IN IMC CONDITIONS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATES THAT HE CALLED THE JAN TWR REGARDING THE LIGHTS. THE TWR RPTED THAT HE WAS NOT THE FIRST ONE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LIGHTS, AND SUGGESTED THAT HE MIGHT WRITE AN ASRS RPT. HE HAS ALSO FILLED OUT A FORM THAT ALERTS HIS CHIEF PLT TO THIS PROB. HE HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO JAN TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY CHANGES.
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.