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Flight crew deviation violation of the FARS. Landed past sunset without use of high intensity runway lighting.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 275692 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199406 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : smf |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : roc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 275692 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 275518 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
At 2000 ft MSL on final approach to smf runway 16L, visual approach, PAPI (precision approach path indicator) only NAVAID. Captain switched to tower at OM. Tower advised that runway lights may have failed, conditions were clear, dusk, runway in sight. I asked captain if he wanted to land with runway lights out. He said he was using his emergency authority/authorized and told me to land. I made uneventful landing. I reported to tower that runway edge lights were not working. Supplemental information from acn 275518: when switched over to tower about 2 mi outside of ADF, tower advised that runway lights were inoperative and they could not find a way to turn them on. Since we had been dispatched with minimum fuel, elected to land under captain's emergency authority/authorized.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC DEV VIOLATION OF THE FARS. LANDED PAST SUNSET WITHOUT USE OF HIGH INTENSITY RWY LIGHTING.
Narrative: AT 2000 FT MSL ON FINAL APCH TO SMF RWY 16L, VISUAL APCH, PAPI (PRECISION APCH PATH INDICATOR) ONLY NAVAID. CAPT SWITCHED TO TWR AT OM. TWR ADVISED THAT RWY LIGHTS MAY HAVE FAILED, CONDITIONS WERE CLR, DUSK, RWY IN SIGHT. I ASKED CAPT IF HE WANTED TO LAND WITH RWY LIGHTS OUT. HE SAID HE WAS USING HIS EMER AUTH AND TOLD ME TO LAND. I MADE UNEVENTFUL LNDG. I RPTED TO TWR THAT RWY EDGE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 275518: WHEN SWITCHED OVER TO TWR ABOUT 2 MI OUTSIDE OF ADF, TWR ADVISED THAT RWY LIGHTS WERE INOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A WAY TO TURN THEM ON. SINCE WE HAD BEEN DISPATCHED WITH MINIMUM FUEL, ELECTED TO LAND UNDER CAPT'S EMER AUTH.
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.