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While on short final, reporter was blinded by bright lights from a local driving range. The first officer continued the approach and landing, but reported being distracted and irritated by the bright lights.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 344889 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 200 agl bound upper : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pit |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | F28 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 344889 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On short final to runway 32 in pit, lights from driving range blind first officer and cause loss of night vision needed for landing. Lights are not shielded and are very bright. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter has previously submitted a NASA report, a report to his company's safety committee, and also contacted the tower. The ATCT supervisor told him that 'everybody complains about this all of the time.' the FAA FSDO investigated the problem and stated that it was corrected and that the operator is now employing the use of shields. The first officer was distracted and irritated by the light exposure and it was bad enough that he and the captain discussed exchange of controls below 200 ft. Reporter states they must not be using the shields anymore, and he can't believe that this is legal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WHILE ON SHORT FINAL, RPTR WAS BLINDED BY BRIGHT LIGHTS FROM A LCL DRIVING RANGE. THE FO CONTINUED THE APCH AND LNDG, BUT RPTED BEING DISTRACTED AND IRRITATED BY THE BRIGHT LIGHTS.
Narrative: ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 32 IN PIT, LIGHTS FROM DRIVING RANGE BLIND FO AND CAUSE LOSS OF NIGHT VISION NEEDED FOR LNDG. LIGHTS ARE NOT SHIELDED AND ARE VERY BRIGHT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR HAS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A NASA RPT, A RPT TO HIS COMPANY'S SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND ALSO CONTACTED THE TWR. THE ATCT SUPVR TOLD HIM THAT 'EVERYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THIS ALL OF THE TIME.' THE FAA FSDO INVESTIGATED THE PROB AND STATED THAT IT WAS CORRECTED AND THAT THE OPERATOR IS NOW EMPLOYING THE USE OF SHIELDS. THE FO WAS DISTRACTED AND IRRITATED BY THE LIGHT EXPOSURE AND IT WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT HE AND THE CAPT DISCUSSED EXCHANGE OF CTLS BELOW 200 FT. RPTR STATES THEY MUST NOT BE USING THE SHIELDS ANYMORE, AND HE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS LEGAL.
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.