Narrative:

On final approach to leb runway 18 aircraft struck light standards at approach end of recently displaced runway 18/36. These lights should be flush with runway and not on 2 ft high standards. Callback conversation with tower controller revealed the following information: during a callback with an leb tower controller, the analyst learned that there is no displaced threshold located at leb. However, runway 18/36 has recently been lengthened further south. In the past, this runway ended in a cliff below which is a major interstate freeway. The airport paved a threshold overrun area, which had previously been turf. They painted the overrun with chevrons, but maintained the regular reils that had been there originally. For the last 30 yrs, the lights have always been located 300 ft from the end of the runway on 2 ft tall standards. According to the tower controller, the christen eagle pilot, who has flown out of this airport for some 20 yrs, was flying high speed, low passes over the field for the benefit of a photographer. The controller witnessed the pilot going lower for each pass at the behest of the photographer. When the christen eagle hit the 2 ft tall light standards, he was flying at a very high speed. The controller described being very upset to see both of the aircraft's wings damaged while in flight and said, 'this was a very bad thing.'

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PVT PLT FLYING A CHRISTEN EAGLE ON FINAL APCH TO LEB, DECLARED THAT HE HAD STRUCK LIGHT STANDARDS THAT WERE 2 FT TALL ON A RECENTLY DISPLACED RWY (18-36). HE ASSERTED THAT THE LIGHTS SHOULD BE FLUSH WITH THE RWY.

Narrative: ON FINAL APCH TO LEB RWY 18 ACFT STRUCK LIGHT STANDARDS AT APCH END OF RECENTLY DISPLACED RWY 18/36. THESE LIGHTS SHOULD BE FLUSH WITH RWY AND NOT ON 2 FT HIGH STANDARDS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH TWR CTLR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: DURING A CALLBACK WITH AN LEB TWR CTLR, THE ANALYST LEARNED THAT THERE IS NO DISPLACED THRESHOLD LOCATED AT LEB. HOWEVER, RWY 18/36 HAS RECENTLY BEEN LENGTHENED FURTHER S. IN THE PAST, THIS RWY ENDED IN A CLIFF BELOW WHICH IS A MAJOR INTERSTATE FREEWAY. THE ARPT PAVED A THRESHOLD OVERRUN AREA, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TURF. THEY PAINTED THE OVERRUN WITH CHEVRONS, BUT MAINTAINED THE REGULAR REILS THAT HAD BEEN THERE ORIGINALLY. FOR THE LAST 30 YRS, THE LIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LOCATED 300 FT FROM THE END OF THE RWY ON 2 FT TALL STANDARDS. ACCORDING TO THE TWR CTLR, THE CHRISTEN EAGLE PLT, WHO HAS FLOWN OUT OF THIS ARPT FOR SOME 20 YRS, WAS FLYING HIGH SPD, LOW PASSES OVER THE FIELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF A PHOTOGRAPHER. THE CTLR WITNESSED THE PLT GOING LOWER FOR EACH PASS AT THE BEHEST OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER. WHEN THE CHRISTEN EAGLE HIT THE 2 FT TALL LIGHT STANDARDS, HE WAS FLYING AT A VERY HIGH SPD. THE CTLR DESCRIBED BEING VERY UPSET TO SEE BOTH OF THE ACFT'S WINGS DAMAGED WHILE IN FLT AND SAID, 'THIS WAS A VERY BAD THING.'

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.