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Pilot complaint of an unlighted commercial radio transmission tower located within 4 mi of an uncontrolled airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 370713 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hyi |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 972 agl bound upper : 972 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| ASRS Report | 370713 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Arc form 277 does not appear to apply to the following situation -- no lights (warning) have been observed on a microwave antenna since nov/96. This includes both night and bad WX observations. The tower is located on texas radio station, approximately 1 NM east of IH35 and kyle, tx. It is approximately 4 NM northwest of san marcos airport, tx (old gary AFB). A sign on the fence surrounding the tower indicates it belongs to commercial radio station. Possibly you will have better luck than I have.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT COMPLAINT OF AN UNLIGHTED COMMERCIAL RADIO XMISSION TWR LOCATED WITHIN 4 MI OF AN UNCTLED ARPT.
Narrative: ARC FORM 277 DOES NOT APPEAR TO APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING SIT -- NO LIGHTS (WARNING) HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON A MICROWAVE ANTENNA SINCE NOV/96. THIS INCLUDES BOTH NIGHT AND BAD WX OBSERVATIONS. THE TWR IS LOCATED ON TEXAS RADIO STATION, APPROX 1 NM E OF IH35 AND KYLE, TX. IT IS APPROX 4 NM NW OF SAN MARCOS ARPT, TX (OLD GARY AFB). A SIGN ON THE FENCE SURROUNDING THE TWR INDICATES IT BELONGS TO COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION. POSSIBLY YOU WILL HAVE BETTER LUCK THAN I HAVE.
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.