Small aircraft sights poles lined up with centerline on approach to landing.

Attributes
ACN	275779
Time
Date	199407
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : o79
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 8
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	275779
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

Narrative:

At sierraville dearwater airport in california, O79, the county road is about 500 ft from the end of the northeast runway. Next to this dirt road are 2 8-FT high poles used to mark the road for snow removal. They are directly in line with the runway centerline! Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that he believes this is a county airport and the county could certainly move these poles 40-50 ft down the road with no adverse effect. Someone had bent down one of the poles. So reporter bent the other one to give a hint to the county.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA SIGHTS POLES LINED UP WITH CTRLINE ON APCH TO LNDG.

Narrative: AT SIERRAVILLE DEARWATER ARPT IN CALIFORNIA, O79, THE COUNTY ROAD IS ABOUT 500 FT FROM THE END OF THE NE RWY. NEXT TO THIS DIRT ROAD ARE 2 8-FT HIGH POLES USED TO MARK THE ROAD FOR SNOW REMOVAL. THEY ARE DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THE RWY CTRLINE! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT HE BELIEVES THIS IS A COUNTY ARPT AND THE COUNTY COULD CERTAINLY MOVE THESE POLES 40-50 FT DOWN THE ROAD WITH NO ADVERSE EFFECT. SOMEONE HAD BENT DOWN ONE OF THE POLES. SO RPTR BENT THE OTHER ONE TO GIVE A HINT TO THE COUNTY.

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.