Narrative:

Upon completing an approach to runway 7 in VMC conditions, it was noticed in the landing flare, that some of the runway edge lights on both sides of the runway, from the threshold, to a distance extending to the fixed markers, were not operating. A decision was made to land based on adequate visual reference and sufficient lighting for the remainder of the runway. The landing was uneventful. Prior to flight, NOTAMS were checked and the only NOTAM for treviso was for the VASI's inoperative. No other equipment was listed as inoperative. A call was made to treviso tower after landing, who indicated that the 'first 1000 ft of runway edge lighting was inoperative on both sides of the runway.' no mention of this was made to our crew prior to this flight. In different conditions, such as night IMC, this could have made landing difficult and possibly disorienting had we not been made aware of this situation. Of course, in night IMC, we cannot be dispatched to an airport with this problem, but without a NOTAM indicating such, we would not be aware of this until in the critical phase of landing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that when the tower was questioned about the runway lighting outage, another air carrier alleged the condition 'has been like that for yrs.' company made an official inquiry later that week, resulting in liph airport correcting the condition. On their next trip into liph, all runway 7 lights were observed operational.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 FLT CREW, LNDG RWY 17, LIPH, NOTICE THAT RWY EDGE LIGHTS ON FIRST 1000 FT OF RWY ARE OTS. OUTAGE WAS NOT LISTED IN LIPH ARPT NOTAMS.

Narrative: UPON COMPLETING AN APCH TO RWY 7 IN VMC CONDITIONS, IT WAS NOTICED IN THE LNDG FLARE, THAT SOME OF THE RWY EDGE LIGHTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RWY, FROM THE THRESHOLD, TO A DISTANCE EXTENDING TO THE FIXED MARKERS, WERE NOT OPERATING. A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND BASED ON ADEQUATE VISUAL REF AND SUFFICIENT LIGHTING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE RWY. THE LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. PRIOR TO FLT, NOTAMS WERE CHKED AND THE ONLY NOTAM FOR TREVISO WAS FOR THE VASI'S INOP. NO OTHER EQUIP WAS LISTED AS INOP. A CALL WAS MADE TO TREVISO TWR AFTER LNDG, WHO INDICATED THAT THE 'FIRST 1000 FT OF RWY EDGE LIGHTING WAS INOP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RWY.' NO MENTION OF THIS WAS MADE TO OUR CREW PRIOR TO THIS FLT. IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, SUCH AS NIGHT IMC, THIS COULD HAVE MADE LNDG DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DISORIENTING HAD WE NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS SIT. OF COURSE, IN NIGHT IMC, WE CANNOT BE DISPATCHED TO AN ARPT WITH THIS PROB, BUT WITHOUT A NOTAM INDICATING SUCH, WE WOULD NOT BE AWARE OF THIS UNTIL IN THE CRITICAL PHASE OF LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT WHEN THE TWR WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE RWY LIGHTING OUTAGE, ANOTHER ACR ALLEGED THE CONDITION 'HAS BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YRS.' COMPANY MADE AN OFFICIAL INQUIRY LATER THAT WK, RESULTING IN LIPH ARPT CORRECTING THE CONDITION. ON THEIR NEXT TRIP INTO LIPH, ALL RWY 7 LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED OPERATIONAL.

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.