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Instructor pilot landed at dusk when there were no runway lights due to an electrical power company outage to the airport and control tower.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 326540 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : arb |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : arb tower : pdk |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 326540 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Electrical power outage at ann arbor airport, tower operational before loss of radio contact (ground based electrical company power outage). Dusk arrival and landing at arb without runway lights. Used CTAF, good VFR conditions, landed with airport environment and airport and runway in full view. Both student pilot and instructor saw runway and felt landing would be (and was) safe.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INSTRUCTOR PLT LANDED AT DUSK WHEN THERE WERE NO RWY LIGHTS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PWR COMPANY OUTAGE TO THE ARPT AND CTL TWR.
Narrative: ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGE AT ANN ARBOR ARPT, TWR OPERATIONAL BEFORE LOSS OF RADIO CONTACT (GND BASED ELECTRICAL COMPANY PWR OUTAGE). DUSK ARR AND LNDG AT ARB WITHOUT RWY LIGHTS. USED CTAF, GOOD VFR CONDITIONS, LANDED WITH ARPT ENVIRONMENT AND ARPT AND RWY IN FULL VIEW. BOTH STUDENT PLT AND INSTRUCTOR SAW RWY AND FELT LNDG WOULD BE (AND WAS) SAFE.
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.