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Air carrier crew reports light at lax needs to be adjusted or removed to avoid obscuring vision of taxiing pilots.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 710381 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 710381 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Situations | |
| Airport | lighting : lax.airport |
Narrative:
Entering the alleyway between international terminal and terminal 3 gates. Vision of ramp is obscured by a large white light mounted on a building to the south; head on to any crew taxiing into this area. The angle of the light needs to be lowered so as not to interfere with a pilot's view of the ramp area that is being approached or a shield to limit the lighting to just the ground or removal all together is needed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR CREW RPTS LIGHT AT LAX NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED OR REMOVED TO AVOID OBSCURING VISION OF TAXIING PLTS.
Narrative: ENTERING THE ALLEYWAY BETWEEN INTL TERMINAL AND TERMINAL 3 GATES. VISION OF RAMP IS OBSCURED BY A LARGE WHITE LIGHT MOUNTED ON A BUILDING TO THE SOUTH; HEAD ON TO ANY CREW TAXIING INTO THIS AREA. THE ANGLE OF THE LIGHT NEEDS TO BE LOWERED SO AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH A PLT'S VIEW OF THE RAMP AREA THAT IS BEING APCHED OR A SHIELD TO LIMIT THE LIGHTING TO JUST THE GND OR REMOVAL ALL TOGETHER IS NEEDED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.