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Air carrier lines up with runway edge lights believing them to be centerline lights . Centerline lights inoperative.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 263225 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199401 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : holding ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 263225 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Ewr tower cleared us position and hold runway 22R. Turned on taxi light -- it didn't work -- had worked normally to this point. Turned on left and right landing lights. Right landing lights very dim. Due to wet runway, melted slush that had refrozen and poor aircraft lighting I did not see centerline marking.I maneuvered the aircraft to what I though were the centerline lights but a sharp first officer asked me the right question -- 'aren't those the edge lights?' fortunately we did not depart the runway. Lights on runway were inoperative but we did not have the NOTAM due on our release and it was not on ATIS. Takeoff and landing were normal. Wrote up inoperative taxi light and dim right landing light.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR LINES UP WITH RWY EDGE LIGHTS BELIEVING THEM TO BE CTRLINE LIGHTS . CTRLINE LIGHTS INOP.
Narrative: EWR TWR CLRED US POS AND HOLD RWY 22R. TURNED ON TAXI LIGHT -- IT DIDN'T WORK -- HAD WORKED NORMALLY TO THIS POINT. TURNED ON L AND R LNDG LIGHTS. R LNDG LIGHTS VERY DIM. DUE TO WET RWY, MELTED SLUSH THAT HAD REFROZEN AND POOR ACFT LIGHTING I DID NOT SEE CTRLINE MARKING.I MANEUVERED THE ACFT TO WHAT I THOUGH WERE THE CTRLINE LIGHTS BUT A SHARP FO ASKED ME THE RIGHT QUESTION -- 'AREN'T THOSE THE EDGE LIGHTS?' FORTUNATELY WE DID NOT DEPART THE RWY. LIGHTS ON RWY WERE INOP BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THE NOTAM DUE ON OUR RELEASE AND IT WAS NOT ON ATIS. TKOF AND LNDG WERE NORMAL. WROTE UP INOP TAXI LIGHT AND DIM R LNDG LIGHT.
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.