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Light twin on approach to uncontrolled airport at night has runway lights turned to high by remote radio keying of approaching airliner.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 114622 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198906 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : avl |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 114622 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Midnight IFR flight plan atl-avl. Center tried to run an medium large transport Y flight in front of our flight into asheville. We cancelled IFR, continued to land. Tower closed. Medium large transport Y turned runway lights with microphone up to high step with flashers in our face so we couldn't see to land.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LIGHT TWIN ON APCH TO UNCONTROLLED ARPT AT NIGHT HAS RWY LIGHTS TURNED TO HIGH BY REMOTE RADIO KEYING OF APCHING AIRLINER.
Narrative: MIDNIGHT IFR FLT PLAN ATL-AVL. CENTER TRIED TO RUN AN MLG Y FLT IN FRONT OF OUR FLT INTO ASHEVILLE. WE CANCELLED IFR, CONTINUED TO LAND. TWR CLOSED. MLG Y TURNED RWY LIGHTS WITH MIKE UP TO HIGH STEP WITH FLASHERS IN OUR FACE SO WE COULDN'T SEE TO LAND.
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.