MD80 pilot submitted safety suggestion.

Attributes
ACN	452102
Time
Date	199910
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl single value : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : charted visual approach : circling
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	452102
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication Airport
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor

Narrative:

Lga expressway visual runway 31 -- strobes on maspeth tanks. Do not fly to lga often. Hard to identify maspeth gas tanks at night. Would be great help if tanks had strobes on them to make identify easier.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 PLT SUBMITTED SAFETY SUGGESTION.

Narrative: LGA EXPRESSWAY VISUAL RWY 31 -- STROBES ON MASPETH TANKS. DO NOT FLY TO LGA OFTEN. HARD TO IDENT MASPETH GAS TANKS AT NIGHT. WOULD BE GREAT HELP IF TANKS HAD STROBES ON THEM TO MAKE IDENT EASIER.

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.