1994-08 · NASA ASRS report 279596
SMT FINDS NO LIGHTING AT DEST ARPT AFTER REQUESTING NOTAMS FROM FSS.
AFTER WAITING FOR A LINE OF HVY WX TO PASS THROUGH; I DEPARTED ST LOUIS INTL (STL) APPROX XX00Z ON AN IFR FLT PLAN FOR FINE MEMORIAL (AIZ). THE TRIP TOOK APPROX 35 MINS UNDER ZKC CTL. UPON REACHING THE ARPT; WE FOUND IT CLOSED DUE TO THE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. I AM AWARE THAT THE FAA PLACES THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PLT FOR CHKING ON THIS INFO FROM ALL SOURCES. WHEN I FILED MY FLT PLAN; I ASKED FOR NOTAMS AND SPECIFIED LIGHTING. THERE WERE NONE. WITH THAT INFO AND MY APCH PLATE TO FINE MEMORIAL WHICH STATED THAT I HAD PLT CTLED LIGHTING; I WAS ON MY WAY. THE NEXT DAY: I FOUND THAT THE CLOSING OF THIS ARPT; DUE TO NONFUNCTIONAL LIGHTING FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE NATIONAL NOTAMS. IT WAS LISTED IN WHAT THEY CALL LCL NOTAMS. I WAS INFORMED THAT I SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED THE LCL FSS UPON REACHING THE ARPT; FOR THIS INFO. IT WAS ALSO LISTED IN THE ARPT FACILITIES DIRECTORY; WHICH I SHOULD HAVE CALLED FOR BEFORE I LEFT ST LOUIS INTL. CONCLUSION: WITH NO INFO FROM FSS ON THIS ARPT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LISTED IN THE NATIONAL NOTAMS; WITH THE RWY LIGHTS BEING AN INTEGRATED PART OF THE INST LNDG SYS AND LISTED ON THE APCH PLAT AS PLT CTLED; WITH THE CTLR VECTORING ME WITH RADAR FOR AN APCH TO A CLOSED ARPT; I FEEL THAT THIS IS A RATHER UNSAFE SIT. WHAT IF: AN AIRPLANE AT NIGHT IS DIVERTED TO THIS ARPT BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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