<< >> NASA ASRS Report 366410, March 1997

Medium large transport flight crew has problem maintaining sight of the runway on approach due to parking lot lights shining upward.

Attributes
ACN	366410
Time
Date	199703
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sat
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sat
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	366410
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Rolling out on final at night (AM14 local) to runway 3 sat. We momentarily lost sight of the runway and the airport because of bright lights shining up into the air from a parking lot adjacent to the airport.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG FLC HAS PROB MAINTAINING SIGHT OF THE RWY ON APCH DUE TO PARKING LOT LIGHTS SHINING UPWARD.

Narrative: ROLLING OUT ON FINAL AT NIGHT (AM14 LCL) TO RWY 3 SAT. WE MOMENTARILY LOST SIGHT OF THE RWY AND THE ARPT BECAUSE OF BRIGHT LIGHTS SHINING UP INTO THE AIR FROM A PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE ARPT.

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.