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Emb-140 captain reported the flight possibly took off from a non-towered airport without activating all the runway lighting.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1716754 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 140 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
In a discussion after takeoff; the first officer and I are unsure as to whether the runway lights were on for our takeoff. I distinctly remember relying on much of the airport lighting taxiing out from the terminal; including taxiway lighting and the PAPI's for our runway being visible. We simply can't remember if the runway edge lights were illuminated. We had not done many 'kickoff' flights recently and this airport was uncontrolled at this time in the morning.it will be good practice to reactivate the lights again before taking the runway to ensure they remain illuminated for the takeoff roll.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-140 Captain reported the flight possibly took off from a non-towered airport without activating all the runway lighting.
Narrative: In a discussion after takeoff; the First Officer and I are unsure as to whether the runway lights were on for our takeoff. I distinctly remember relying on much of the airport lighting taxiing out from the terminal; including taxiway lighting and the PAPI's for our runway being visible. We simply can't remember if the runway edge lights were illuminated. We had not done many 'kickoff' flights recently and this airport was uncontrolled at this time in the morning.It will be good practice to reactivate the lights again before taking the runway to ensure they remain illuminated for the takeoff roll.
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.