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Flight instructor reported the aircraft flew close to an obstacle at night that did not have a red obstacle warning light during approach to icl airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1763812 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ICL.Airport |
| State Reference | IA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 4000 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
On final approach to runway 20 at icl there are grain bins in the flight path with the red obstacle [light] burned out. I have requested for weeks that it be fixed; but has not as of today. On a night landing training flight; student was making adjustment for a wind change and drifted too close to the bins because he could not see them without the red light. I as the instructor had to take immediate action to avoid collision with them when I noticed that the wind had drifted us too close to them. I will continue to request that the light be fixed and have students fly an above glide slope on runway 20 in the future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight instructor reported the aircraft flew close to an obstacle at night that did not have a red obstacle warning light during approach to ICL airport.
Narrative: On final approach to Runway 20 at ICL there are grain bins in the flight path with the red obstacle [light] burned out. I have requested for weeks that it be fixed; but has not as of today. On a night landing training flight; student was making adjustment for a wind change and drifted too close to the bins because he could not see them without the red light. I as the instructor had to take immediate action to avoid collision with them when I noticed that the wind had drifted us too close to them. I will continue to request that the light be fixed and have students fly an above glide slope on Runway 20 in the future.
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