Narrative:

During start of the #1 engine; the start valve 'open' light did not illuminate yet the start switched latched and the start was otherwise proceeding normal so I continued the start and wrote it up prior to landing in ZZZ1. I did not run the arm light or start switch failure checklist because I did not have any of the 3 reasons listed for use of this checklist. I tested the light and it illuminated so it was not a bulb issue. The 'arm' light worked and illuminated after the start valve closed...both engines were running. I could be honest and say that I had more than the normal; usual issues distracting me. The weather was low visibility in a totally unfamiliar airport. Other factors might have been the SIGMET for severe turbulence along part of our route and the need for dispatch to give us a route that was not planned to penetrate the severe turbulence. Also upon landing in ZZZ marshaling was attempting to direct us off the taxiway and into a building rather than to our parking space. Having never been to ZZZ; I had no idea where the ramp was in the fog and radio calls to ops were not really getting the point across no matter how I stated the facts. So I guess I was trying to uncomplicated the rest of our day. Looking back I should have got maintenance control on the radio. But in that time frame I decided that the start valve opened and closed so I continued and wrote it up in ZZZ1 and personally spoke with the mechanic who met the flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 Captain reported the Number 1 engine start valve indicating light did not illuminate when starting the engine.

Narrative: During start of the #1 engine; the start valve 'open' light did not illuminate yet the start switched latched and the start was otherwise proceeding normal so I continued the start and wrote it up prior to landing in ZZZ1. I did not run the Arm light or Start Switch Failure checklist because I did not have any of the 3 reasons listed for use of this checklist. I tested the light and it illuminated so it was not a bulb issue. The 'arm' light worked and illuminated after the start valve closed...both engines were running. I could be honest and say that I had more than the normal; usual issues distracting me. The weather was low visibility in a totally unfamiliar airport. Other factors might have been the SIGMET for severe turbulence along part of our route and the need for dispatch to give us a route that was not planned to penetrate the severe turbulence. Also upon landing in ZZZ marshaling was attempting to direct us off the taxiway and into a building rather than to our parking space. Having never been to ZZZ; I had no idea where the ramp was in the fog and radio calls to ops were not really getting the point across no matter how I stated the facts. So I guess I was trying to uncomplicated the rest of our day. Looking back I should have got Maintenance control on the radio. But in that time frame I decided that the start valve opened and closed so I continued and wrote it up in ZZZ1 and personally spoke with the mechanic who met the flight.

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.