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Flight complaint about non lighted power lines near departure end of runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 184488 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199107 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pao |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 6100 flight time type : 125 |
| ASRS Report | 184488 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Small aircraft X departed pao. Large power lines 1/2 mi north of palo alto (pao) airport have no operating obstruction lights (or markings) very hazardous. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: callback made to FAA tower supervisor. He stated there are pg and east power lines 1/2 mi north of the airport and 1/4 mi northeast of the airport without obstruction lights. To his knowledge this has not been brought to anyone's attention.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT COMPLAINT ABOUT NON LIGHTED PWR LINES NEAR DEP END OF RWY.
Narrative: SMA X DEPARTED PAO. LARGE PWR LINES 1/2 MI N OF PALO ALTO (PAO) ARPT HAVE NO OPERATING OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS (OR MARKINGS) VERY HAZARDOUS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: CALLBACK MADE TO FAA TWR SUPVR. HE STATED THERE ARE PG AND E PWR LINES 1/2 MI N OF THE ARPT AND 1/4 MI NE OF THE ARPT WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS. TO HIS KNOWLEDGE THIS HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO ANYONE'S ATTN.
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.