Air carrier medium large transport unable to key approach and runway lights with radio after tower c...

Attributes
ACN	81007
Time
Date	198801
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cha
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : den
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 21000
ASRS Report	81007
Person 2
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Unable to get normal runway lighting intensity by keying microphone on frequency 118.3 (tower being closed). Runway lights seem to be stuck on very low intensity.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG UNABLE TO KEY APCH AND RWY LIGHTS WITH RADIO AFTER TWR CLOSED.

Narrative: UNABLE TO GET NORMAL RWY LIGHTING INTENSITY BY KEYING MIKE ON FREQ 118.3 (TWR BEING CLOSED). RWY LIGHTS SEEM TO BE STUCK ON VERY LOW INTENSITY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.

Air carrier medium large transport unable to key approach and runway lights with radio after tower closed.