B737 first officer describes bright temporary lights set up on the cargo ramp at sjc that are aimed ...

Narrative:

While landing on [runway] 30R; a light off the [northeast] side of the runway was very bright and distracting. I couldn't tell where it was coming from and mostly forgot about it. While taxiing out for takeoff; I noticed the light again and saw it was coming from a cargo operator's ramp. They had one of those temporary construction type generator light tower units. It had four light fixtures on top of the tower and was pointed and angled right at the displaced threshold of 30R. Multiple trucks were under it and it looked like they had a temporary sort operation going on in the ramp area. On the takeoff roll; the light was very distracting and bright. It affected my vision for several minutes after takeoff. This cargo operator could easily point the light in a direction away from the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer describes bright temporary lights set up on the cargo ramp at SJC that are aimed toward the approach end of Runway 30R. These lights were on the right side of the runway and primarily affected the First Officer's vision.

Narrative: While landing on [Runway] 30R; a light off the [northeast] side of the runway was very bright and distracting. I couldn't tell where it was coming from and mostly forgot about it. While taxiing out for takeoff; I noticed the light again and saw it was coming from a cargo operator's ramp. They had one of those temporary construction type generator light tower units. It had four light fixtures on top of the tower and was pointed and angled right at the displaced threshold of 30R. Multiple trucks were under it and it looked like they had a temporary sort operation going on in the ramp area. On the takeoff roll; the light was very distracting and bright. It affected my vision for several minutes after takeoff. This cargo operator could easily point the light in a direction away from the runway.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	985279
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SJC.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 192 Flight Crew Type 3500
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

B737 first officer describes bright temporary lights set up on the cargo ramp at sjc that are aimed toward the approach end of runway 30R. These lights were on the right side of the runway and primarily affected the first officer's vision.