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An air carrier B727-200 flight crew attempted to activate the runway and taxiway lights using the CTAF frequency, but later learned that they are on a switch.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 431040 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bzn.airport |
| State Reference | MT |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : ibzn |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 431040 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Tower closed for the night. Procedure turn inbound acquired airport visually. Cleared visual approach by ZLC. Pilot controled lighting previously turned on high. When field was in sight, I noticed only approach light system and VASI on. Tried cycling lights on 118.2 to turn on runway edge lights. Then tried on old pilot controled light frequency just in case -- no go. At 8 DME, I looked up operations specifications requirements for runway edge lights inoperative and informed captain that with WX better than VFR minimums, approach lights on with a VASI, we were good. After an uneventful landing in good night visibility with runway clearly in sight, I thumbed through the operations specifications again and noticed a centerline light requirement even though they are not installed at bzn. Quizzing ground control the next day, discovered that approach light system and VASI on pilot controled switch at all times, but edge and taxi lights on a switch.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B727-200 FLC ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE RWY AND TXWY LIGHTS USING THE CTAF FREQ, BUT LATER LEARNED THAT THEY ARE ON A SWITCH.
Narrative: TWR CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT. PROC TURN INBOUND ACQUIRED ARPT VISUALLY. CLRED VISUAL APCH BY ZLC. PLT CTLED LIGHTING PREVIOUSLY TURNED ON HIGH. WHEN FIELD WAS IN SIGHT, I NOTICED ONLY APCH LIGHT SYS AND VASI ON. TRIED CYCLING LIGHTS ON 118.2 TO TURN ON RWY EDGE LIGHTS. THEN TRIED ON OLD PLT CTLED LIGHT FREQ JUST IN CASE -- NO GO. AT 8 DME, I LOOKED UP OPS SPECS REQUIREMENTS FOR RWY EDGE LIGHTS INOP AND INFORMED CAPT THAT WITH WX BETTER THAN VFR MINIMUMS, APCH LIGHTS ON WITH A VASI, WE WERE GOOD. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG IN GOOD NIGHT VISIBILITY WITH RWY CLRLY IN SIGHT, I THUMBED THROUGH THE OPS SPECS AGAIN AND NOTICED A CTRLINE LIGHT REQUIREMENT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT INSTALLED AT BZN. QUIZZING GND CTL THE NEXT DAY, DISCOVERED THAT APCH LIGHT SYS AND VASI ON PLT CTLED SWITCH AT ALL TIMES, BUT EDGE AND TAXI LIGHTS ON A SWITCH.
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.