General aviation pilot reports a low wing aircraft that departed at night with no lights or radio. D...

Attributes
ACN	847285
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ1.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb Takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Type 2000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural FAR
Miss Distance	Horizontal 1000 Vertical 500

Narrative:

I was warned by ATC that there might be an aircraft departing my airport that did not have a radio that had telephoned his intentions to fly to ZZZ. I did spot the aircraft departing and flying in the traffic pattern with no lights while it was enroute to ZZZ. The aircraft departed with a known electrical system failure and flew to ZZZ with no lights or radio putting my aircraft; crew; and passengers in danger. They stated that the electrical system failed after they departed but that can't be true because they telephoned ZZZ about the failure before they departed and I saw them depart with no lights.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: General aviation pilot reports a low wing aircraft that departed at night with no lights or radio. Departure control was aware of the planned flight with no radios only.

Narrative: I was warned by ATC that there might be an aircraft departing my airport that did not have a radio that had telephoned his intentions to fly to ZZZ. I did spot the aircraft departing and flying in the traffic pattern with no lights while it was enroute to ZZZ. The aircraft departed with a known electrical system failure and flew to ZZZ with no lights or radio putting my aircraft; crew; and passengers in danger. They stated that the electrical system failed after they departed but that can't be true because they telephoned ZZZ about the failure before they departed and I saw them depart with no lights.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.