WDB FLC ALMOST TURNS ONTO CLOSED RWY WHEN CTRLINE LIGHTS SIGHTED.

1994-11 · NASA ASRS report 289562

Date: 1994-11 · Aircraft: DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

WDB FLC ALMOST TURNS ONTO CLOSED RWY WHEN CTRLINE LIGHTS SIGHTED.

Narrative

LNDG LAX RWY 7L JUST BEFORE DAWN. BELOW 60 KTS AND LOOKING FOR AN EXIT -- THERE IN FRONT OF ME IS A ROW OF GREEN CTRLINE LIGHTS CURVING OFF TO THE L. JUST IN TIME I ALSO SAW THAT THE TXWY AREA -- A COMBINATION OF TXWYS 30 AND 32 WAS MARKED WITH TEMPORARY RED LIGHTS ON SHORT STANTIONS. I AVOIDED EXITING THERE; BUT NOT BY MUCH. SUGGEST THE CTRLINE LIGHTS BE DEACTIVATED ON CLOSED HIGH SPD EXITS. THE IMPLICATIONS ARE OBVIOUS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THERE WAS NO MENTION OF CLOSED TXWY ON ATIS HE DOES NOT RECALL IF A NOTAM WAS ISSUED. WHEN HE TURNED; HIS LIGHTS SHOWED SURFACE CONDUIT ZIG-ZAGGED ACROSS THE TXWY WITH THE RED LIGHTS ATTACHED. HAD HE TAXIED ACROSS THE CONDUIT HE COULD WELL HAVE HAD DAMAGE TO THE ACFT AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FUEL TANK RUPTURE. THIS WAS THE DAY AFTER A HOLIDAY AND HE KNEW HIS RPT WOULD NOT BE REVIEWED OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS. HE CONTACTED TWR; COMPANY SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE TO WARN OF THE PROB AND POTENTIAL DANGER. THESE PEOPLE CONTACTED THE CITY AS SUGGESTED BY ATC. THIS WAS TO BE A SHORT TERM CLOSURE BUT STILL THE CTRLINE LIGHTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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