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Tower controller at mci reports visual interference from lights at new car rental facility.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 713953 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mci.airport |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mci.tower |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi landing other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : instrument |
| Experience | controller radar : 23 |
| ASRS Report | 713953 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Situations | |
| Airport | lighting : mci.airport |
Narrative:
Unable to distinguish between aircraft taxiing to runway 19L or on short final; and the lights at the new rental car facility.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TWR CTLR AT MCI RPTS VISUAL INTERFERENCE FROM LIGHTS AT NEW CAR RENTAL FACILITY.
Narrative: UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ACFT TAXIING TO RWY 19L OR ON SHORT FINAL; AND THE LIGHTS AT THE NEW RENTAL CAR FACILITY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.