Narrative:

I was practicing an NDB approach at night with my instrument. I turned inbound onto my final approach, descended to the MDA and took off my foggles. I could see some lights on the ground, and a large unlit area where the runways should be, but no runway lights. I realized that the lights must be radio controled, and looked all over the approach plate for the frequency, but couldn't find it. My instrument couldn't find it either. We had to abort the landing. The FSS on the field then asked our intentions. This caused a bit of confusion, since we wanted to land, but we were willing to return to our home airport if we couldn't (fuel was not a problem, and it was a clear night). Fortunately, FSS somehow realized that we didn't know the runway light frequency, and duly informed us. We then landed west/O incident. (Final note: while all this was going on, my instrument was trying out different frequencys, hoping to get lucky.) after this flight, I looked at my approach plates again and noticed that the frequency for the lights was located on the airport diagram plate. While I was shooting the approach, I was fixating on the 'radio frequency' box of the approach plate, which the necessary information was not even on the plate. So there exists at least one situation where all the information needed to complete an approach is not located on a single page. Fortunately, there was little, if any, traffic nearby. So it was a relatively inexpensive lesson for me and my instrument.

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Title: GA SMA ON TRAINING FLT UNABLE TO LOCATE FREQ TO ACTIVE RWY LIGHTS.

Narrative: I WAS PRACTICING AN NDB APCH AT NIGHT WITH MY INSTR. I TURNED INBND ONTO MY FINAL APCH, DSNDED TO THE MDA AND TOOK OFF MY FOGGLES. I COULD SEE SOME LIGHTS ON THE GND, AND A LARGE UNLIT AREA WHERE THE RWYS SHOULD BE, BUT NO RWY LIGHTS. I REALIZED THAT THE LIGHTS MUST BE RADIO CTLED, AND LOOKED ALL OVER THE APCH PLATE FOR THE FREQ, BUT COULDN'T FIND IT. MY INSTR COULDN'T FIND IT EITHER. WE HAD TO ABORT THE LNDG. THE FSS ON THE FIELD THEN ASKED OUR INTENTIONS. THIS CAUSED A BIT OF CONFUSION, SINCE WE WANTED TO LAND, BUT WE WERE WILLING TO RETURN TO OUR HOME ARPT IF WE COULDN'T (FUEL WAS NOT A PROB, AND IT WAS A CLEAR NIGHT). FORTUNATELY, FSS SOMEHOW REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THE RWY LIGHT FREQ, AND DULY INFORMED US. WE THEN LANDED W/O INCIDENT. (FINAL NOTE: WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON, MY INSTR WAS TRYING OUT DIFFERENT FREQS, HOPING TO GET LUCKY.) AFTER THIS FLT, I LOOKED AT MY APCH PLATES AGAIN AND NOTICED THAT THE FREQ FOR THE LIGHTS WAS LOCATED ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM PLATE. WHILE I WAS SHOOTING THE APCH, I WAS FIXATING ON THE 'RADIO FREQ' BOX OF THE APCH PLATE, WHICH THE NECESSARY INFO WAS NOT EVEN ON THE PLATE. SO THERE EXISTS AT LEAST ONE SITUATION WHERE ALL THE INFO NEEDED TO COMPLETE AN APCH IS NOT LOCATED ON A SINGLE PAGE. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS LITTLE, IF ANY, TFC NEARBY. SO IT WAS A RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE LESSON FOR ME AND MY INSTR.

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