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B777-200 captain reported that the runway lights failed during a night VMC takeoff roll. Flight crew decided continuing the takeoff was the safest course of action.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1708637 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 82 Flight Crew Total 8410 Flight Crew Type 233 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 82 Flight Crew Total 2210 Flight Crew Type 121 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
During a rolling takeoff; the lights on runway xxr failed. As we were transferring aircraft control from captain to first officer; a radio call from the previous takeoff told tower the runway lights went out. Tower subsequently gave us a 'cancel takeoff if we'd like' instruction.based upon how clearly we could see; various radio chatter; aircraft position/power (takeoff power set); and inter cockpit communication; I felt the safest course of action was to continue. The fact that the lights had failed on the runway was basically the last thing we registered during our transitional duties and various radio chatter from airport operations; tower; and other aircraft. Albeit nighttime; our ability to discern centerline and runway edge remained clear. Visibility [was] 10 NM plus.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777-200 Captain reported that the runway lights failed during a night VMC takeoff roll. Flight crew decided continuing the takeoff was the safest course of action.
Narrative: During a rolling takeoff; the lights on Runway XXR failed. As we were transferring aircraft control from Captain to First Officer; a radio call from the previous takeoff told Tower the runway lights went out. Tower subsequently gave us a 'cancel takeoff if we'd like' instruction.Based upon how clearly we could see; various radio chatter; aircraft position/power (takeoff power set); and inter cockpit communication; I felt the safest course of action was to continue. The fact that the lights had failed on the runway was basically the last thing we registered during our transitional duties and various radio chatter from Airport Operations; Tower; and other aircraft. Albeit nighttime; our ability to discern centerline and runway edge remained clear. Visibility [was] 10 NM plus.
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.