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Suggested supplemental use of aircraft marker beacon receiver.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 99219 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198812 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 14000 |
| ASRS Report | 99219 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
Narrative:
Attached copy of letter concerning critical communication usage of 'airways/inner marker' cockpit indicator light during windshear alerts, etc, for your consideration, discussion, and distribution as needed. Other potential uses (as in all 3 beacon lights subsequently or simultaneously flashing) would be possible for, e.g., collision averting (up/down/horizontal). Should be straightforward to implement now, until other (better, we hope) data-link systems are developed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SUGGESTED SUPPLEMENTAL USE OF ACFT MARKER BEACON RECEIVER.
Narrative: ATTACHED COPY OF LETTER CONCERNING CRITICAL COMMUNICATION USAGE OF 'AIRWAYS/INNER MARKER' COCKPIT INDICATOR LIGHT DURING WINDSHEAR ALERTS, ETC, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND DISTRIBUTION AS NEEDED. OTHER POTENTIAL USES (AS IN ALL 3 BEACON LIGHTS SUBSEQUENTLY OR SIMULTANEOUSLY FLASHING) WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR, E.G., COLLISION AVERTING (UP/DOWN/HORIZONTAL). SHOULD BE STRAIGHTFORWARD TO IMPLEMENT NOW, UNTIL OTHER (BETTER, WE HOPE) DATA-LINK SYSTEMS ARE DEVELOPED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.