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Large transport completing push back has government car pull up and ask why no lights are on. Captain recycles navigation light switch and lights are activated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 335300 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 10400 |
| ASRS Report | 335300 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After pushing back from gate in dtw, flight dtw-atl, we were approached by a united states government car that asked 'why are our navigation lights off?' the switch was on, so I recycled the switch and our tug driver said 'the lights are on.' so, I proceeded to atl and wrote the switch up so maintenance could fix it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LGT COMPLETING PUSH BACK HAS GOV CAR PULL UP AND ASK WHY NO LIGHTS ARE ON. CAPT RECYCLES NAV LIGHT SWITCH AND LIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED.
Narrative: AFTER PUSHING BACK FROM GATE IN DTW, FLT DTW-ATL, WE WERE APCHED BY A UNITED STATES GOV CAR THAT ASKED 'WHY ARE OUR NAV LIGHTS OFF?' THE SWITCH WAS ON, SO I RECYCLED THE SWITCH AND OUR TUG DRIVER SAID 'THE LIGHTS ARE ON.' SO, I PROCEEDED TO ATL AND WROTE THE SWITCH UP SO MAINT COULD FIX IT.
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.