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An air carrier captain reported very bright stadium lights on a golf course driving range at the departure end of 34L causing visual interference on night approaches to 16R.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 946289 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201103 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | RNO.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
The hotel at the departure end of runway 34L in reno has installed a night driving range. The range has baseball stadium type lights which light up the driving range. Unfortunately; the lights also shine toward the airport and at somewhere between 300 and 500 feet the lights shine into the flight deck making it difficult to see the runway for a few seconds. There are no shields installed on the lights to prevent the approach from being lit up. The FAA should be notified and require shields to be put on the lighting. This same problem happened in sna a few years ago and the shields installed there work great.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier Captain reported very bright stadium lights on a golf course driving range at the departure end of 34L causing visual interference on night approaches to 16R.
Narrative: The Hotel at the departure end of Runway 34L in Reno has installed a night driving range. The range has baseball stadium type lights which light up the driving range. Unfortunately; the lights also shine toward the airport and at somewhere between 300 and 500 feet the lights shine into the flight deck making it difficult to see the runway for a few seconds. There are no shields installed on the lights to prevent the approach from being lit up. The FAA should be notified and require shields to be put on the lighting. This same problem happened in SNA a few years ago and the shields installed there work great.
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.