Electrical failure at the airport caused lights on 3 txwys to go out. Construction work in progress. Pilots found it difficult to locate some txwys while taxiing.

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Attributes
ACN	377563
Time
Date	199708
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mci
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 4 controller radar : 16
ASRS Report	377563
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Due to electrical failure we lost the taxiway lights on 3 of our txwys tonight. There is a lot of construction going on making it difficult to find a taxiway route when the lights are working. The failure caused additional workload for the pilots and controllers. Thunderstorms are in the forecast which could create more problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ELECTRICAL FAILURE AT THE ARPT CAUSED LIGHTS ON 3 TXWYS TO GO OUT. CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS. PLTS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO LOCATE SOME TXWYS WHILE TAXIING.

Narrative: DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE WE LOST THE TXWY LIGHTS ON 3 OF OUR TXWYS TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO FIND A TXWY RTE WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE WORKING. THE FAILURE CAUSED ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD FOR THE PLTS AND CTLRS. TSTMS ARE IN THE FORECAST WHICH COULD CREATE MORE PROBS.

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.