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Captain of an air carrier widebody transport rolled past the runway hold short line when he momentarily became blinded when the aircraft in position turned on wing landing lights for takeoff. The tower sidestepped another aircraft on final to the parallel runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 467330 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : den.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : den.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : position and hold |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 467330 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 2 |
| ASRS Report | 762 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : separated traffic none taken : unable |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft on runway given takeoff clearance turned on wing lights and momentarily blinded me and I rolled approximately 10 ft past stop bar. Advised tower, aircraft on final was sidestepped to runway 17L. Be more aware of aircraft light distrs. Never previously observed wing lights at that angle.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN ACR WDB ROLLED PAST THE RWY HOLD SHORT LINE WHEN HE MOMENTARILY BECAME BLINDED WHEN THE ACFT IN POS TURNED ON WING LNDG LIGHTS FOR TKOF. THE TWR SIDESTEPPED ANOTHER ACFT ON FINAL TO THE PARALLEL RWY.
Narrative: ACFT ON RWY GIVEN TKOF CLRNC TURNED ON WING LIGHTS AND MOMENTARILY BLINDED ME AND I ROLLED APPROX 10 FT PAST STOP BAR. ADVISED TWR, ACFT ON FINAL WAS SIDESTEPPED TO RWY 17L. BE MORE AWARE OF ACFT LIGHT DISTRS. NEVER PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED WING LIGHTS AT THAT ANGLE.
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.