Air carrier captain reports being distracted during a night approach; by a very bright sign on the r...

Narrative:

Landing on 4R at lit at night; as pilot flying; the extremely bright sign on the airport parking garage just to the left of the runway on final approach was distracting and compromised the safety of our flight. This sign's bright intensity should be decreased by at least 50% at night to avoid landing distractions to pilots approaching 4R at lit.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier Captain reports being distracted during a night approach; by a very bright sign on the roof of a parking garage just to the left of Runway 4R at LIT.

Narrative: Landing on 4R at LIT at night; as pilot flying; the extremely bright sign on the airport parking garage just to the left of the runway on final approach was distracting and compromised the safety of our flight. This sign's bright intensity should be decreased by at least 50% at night to avoid landing distractions to pilots approaching 4R at LIT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1108561
Time
Date	201308
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LIT.Airport
State Reference	AR
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Air carrier captain reports being distracted during a night approach; by a very bright sign on the roof of a parking garage just to the left of runway 4R at lit.