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Marine guards at nearby base shine high power spotlights on aircraft in traffic pattern at st mary's airport at night.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 157335 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199009 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 4j6 |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 157335 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Upon a takeoff of runway 04 at 4j6 at xx:00 and again at Y:00, marine guards in towers ot the kings bay navy submarine base weapons storage area, shined spot lights on the aircraft, blinding the pilots and continued to leave the lights shining on the aircraft all the way around the landing pattern. This is an extremely dangerous situation that requires some action now to stop it. It has been reported numerous times!! Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. We have been reporting this annoyance and actually hazardous practice of shining high power beams into cockpits at night for almost a year now. Finally we get the information that the base commandment has issued orders to cease and desist. Now they are talking about light towers with red lights mounted to note a restr area. We are more than a mi from the base and consider the light beams to be needless overreaction to aircraft in the traffic pattern at our airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MARINE GUARDS AT NEARBY BASE SHINE HIGH POWER SPOTLIGHTS ON ACFT IN TRAFFIC PATTERN AT ST MARY'S ARPT AT NIGHT.
Narrative: UPON A TKOF OF RWY 04 AT 4J6 AT XX:00 AND AGAIN AT Y:00, MARINE GUARDS IN TWRS OT THE KINGS BAY NAVY SUBMARINE BASE WEAPONS STORAGE AREA, SHINED SPOT LIGHTS ON THE ACFT, BLINDING THE PLTS AND CONTINUED TO LEAVE THE LIGHTS SHINING ON THE ACFT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE LNDG PATTERN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT REQUIRES SOME ACTION NOW TO STOP IT. IT HAS BEEN RPTED NUMEROUS TIMES!! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. WE HAVE BEEN RPTING THIS ANNOYANCE AND ACTUALLY HAZARDOUS PRACTICE OF SHINING HIGH PWR BEAMS INTO COCKPITS AT NIGHT FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW. FINALLY WE GET THE INFO THAT THE BASE COMMANDMENT HAS ISSUED ORDERS TO CEASE AND DESIST. NOW THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT LIGHT TWRS WITH RED LIGHTS MOUNTED TO NOTE A RESTR AREA. WE ARE MORE THAN A MI FROM THE BASE AND CONSIDER THE LIGHT BEAMS TO BE NEEDLESS OVERREACTION TO ACFT IN THE TFC PATTERN AT OUR ARPT.
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.