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Private pilot of a cessna 170 tailwheel aircraft, accompanied by high time experienced spouse, landed on moonlit night on an unlighted, and uncontrolled, airport without incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 449644 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199909 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : n57.airport |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 170 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 449644 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time total : 250 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
Narrative:
Spouse flying (250 hour private pilot), I was passenger. Returning from pleasure trip to dc. Rotating beacon at N57 visible 25 mi out. Trees prevent runway 24 from being seen until on base. On base, we realized that runway lights were out. 2/3 moon provided sufficient illumination to complete landing. Cool (postflt) reflection revealed that non-flying, but high time/experienced spouse, should have encouraged low time spouse to reconsider landing in existing conditions. Excessive concern for spousal relations provided poor excuse for allowing landing to continue. Silence from right seat interpreted by PF as tacit agreement with course of action.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PVT PLT OF A CESSNA 170 TAILWHEEL ACFT, ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH TIME EXPERIENCED SPOUSE, LANDED ON MOONLIT NIGHT ON AN UNLIGHTED, AND UNCTLED, ARPT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Narrative: SPOUSE FLYING (250 HR PVT PLT), I WAS PAX. RETURNING FROM PLEASURE TRIP TO DC. ROTATING BEACON AT N57 VISIBLE 25 MI OUT. TREES PREVENT RWY 24 FROM BEING SEEN UNTIL ON BASE. ON BASE, WE REALIZED THAT RWY LIGHTS WERE OUT. 2/3 MOON PROVIDED SUFFICIENT ILLUMINATION TO COMPLETE LNDG. COOL (POSTFLT) REFLECTION REVEALED THAT NON-FLYING, BUT HIGH TIME/EXPERIENCED SPOUSE, SHOULD HAVE ENCOURAGED LOW TIME SPOUSE TO RECONSIDER LNDG IN EXISTING CONDITIONS. EXCESSIVE CONCERN FOR SPOUSAL RELATIONS PROVIDED POOR EXCUSE FOR ALLOWING LNDG TO CONTINUE. SILENCE FROM R SEAT INTERPRETED BY PF AS TACIT AGREEMENT WITH COURSE OF ACTION.
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.