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Runway light setting on runway lighting HIRL set too low too soon by tower controller as air carrier medium large transport starts its takeoff roll in a dusk night operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 209580 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199205 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 209580 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Runway lights turned off or very low by tower during takeoff roll. Should advise aircraft prior to doing such, could lead to unwise aborted takeoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RWY LIGHT SETTING ON RWY LIGHTING HIRL SET TOO LOW TOO SOON BY TWR CTLR AS ACR MLG STARTS ITS TKOF ROLL IN A DUSK NIGHT OP.
Narrative: RWY LIGHTS TURNED OFF OR VERY LOW BY TWR DURING TKOF ROLL. SHOULD ADVISE ACFT PRIOR TO DOING SUCH, COULD LEAD TO UNWISE ABORTED TKOF.
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.