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A pilot driving between garber; ok and enid; ok at night noticed a turbine windfarm with numerous unlit turbines in excess of 200 ft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1288574 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | WDG.Airport |
| State Reference | OK |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 815 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Driving from garber; ok to enid; ok I noticed that about 20+ 400 ft tall windmills in that windfarm were unlight on a very dark night. This windfarm is 6 or 7 miles north of wdg and is on the sectional. I called flight service and was forwarded to flight safety and was told that only the owner or manager could report that the lights don't work. A local farmer told me that the lights have never worked. What! So a safety issue must be initiated by the owner who is not going to tattle on themselves. No NOTAM has been issued for this situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot driving between Garber; OK and Enid; OK at night noticed a turbine windfarm with numerous unlit turbines in excess of 200 FT.
Narrative: Driving from Garber; OK to Enid; OK I noticed that about 20+ 400 ft tall windmills in that windfarm were unlight on a very dark night. This windfarm is 6 or 7 miles north of WDG and is on the sectional. I called flight service and was forwarded to flight safety and was told that only the owner or manager could report that the lights don't work. A local farmer told me that the lights have never worked. WHAT! So a safety issue must be initiated by the owner who is not going to tattle on themselves. No NOTAM has been issued for this situation.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.