Air carrier medium large transport made night approach and landing on closed runway at btr.

Attributes
ACN	128612
Time
Date	198911
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : btr
State Reference	LA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu artcc : zdc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time type : 6500
ASRS Report	128612
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 59 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	128626
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

ILS approach to uncontrolled airport with ILS 13 tuned in and idented, no tower available. Received WX from FSS with no runway given. Winds reported southeast at 9 KTS. Shot ILS to 13 in broken conditions. Broke out about 2 mi and 900' AGL. Could not clearly see runway as ALS was reported inoperative. Continued approach, tried pilot controled lighting west/O results. Made ground contact about 500' AGL and was able to see runway TDZ markings, centerline and runway parameters. Landing was uneventful. Upon taxiing into ramp noticed 13 edge lights off as well as threshold lights. Lights on runway 4/22 on at low intensity. I feel uncontrolled fields should have duty runway information available through ATIS or FSS. Ill should not be turned on for a runway whose lights are off. Discussions on legalities at what are seen or think seen at 500' for day or night lndgs, even though runway completely visible probably should have been done earlier. Supplemental information from acn 128626: 3 mi/1000' AGL. Could see the airport but not the runway. The ALS was notamed out. I thought that the runway lights were dimmed. Our NOTAM information read: btr tower closed 2400-0600 local; runway 22R-4L closed runway 31-13 closed 0600-1200; ALS out.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG MADE NIGHT APCH AND LNDG ON CLOSED RWY AT BTR.

Narrative: ILS APCH TO UNCTLED ARPT WITH ILS 13 TUNED IN AND IDENTED, NO TWR AVAILABLE. RECEIVED WX FROM FSS WITH NO RWY GIVEN. WINDS RPTED SE AT 9 KTS. SHOT ILS TO 13 IN BROKEN CONDITIONS. BROKE OUT ABOUT 2 MI AND 900' AGL. COULD NOT CLEARLY SEE RWY AS ALS WAS RPTED INOP. CONTINUED APCH, TRIED PLT CTLED LIGHTING W/O RESULTS. MADE GND CONTACT ABOUT 500' AGL AND WAS ABLE TO SEE RWY TDZ MARKINGS, CENTERLINE AND RWY PARAMETERS. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. UPON TAXIING INTO RAMP NOTICED 13 EDGE LIGHTS OFF AS WELL AS THRESHOLD LIGHTS. LIGHTS ON RWY 4/22 ON AT LOW INTENSITY. I FEEL UNCTLED FIELDS SHOULD HAVE DUTY RWY INFO AVAILABLE THROUGH ATIS OR FSS. ILL SHOULD NOT BE TURNED ON FOR A RWY WHOSE LIGHTS ARE OFF. DISCUSSIONS ON LEGALITIES AT WHAT ARE SEEN OR THINK SEEN AT 500' FOR DAY OR NIGHT LNDGS, EVEN THOUGH RWY COMPLETELY VISIBLE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE EARLIER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 128626: 3 MI/1000' AGL. COULD SEE THE ARPT BUT NOT THE RWY. THE ALS WAS NOTAMED OUT. I THOUGHT THAT THE RWY LIGHTS WERE DIMMED. OUR NOTAM INFO READ: BTR TWR CLOSED 2400-0600 LCL; RWY 22R-4L CLOSED RWY 31-13 CLOSED 0600-1200; ALS OUT.

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.