TXWY LIGHTS DESIGNED TO BE BREAKAWAY HAVE EXPOSED WIRES COVERED WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE. CONSIDERED POSSIBLE HAZARD.

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SEVERAL RWY AND TXWY LIGHTS AT WOOD COUNTY ARPT APPEAR TO BE A POSSIBLE HAZARD TO ACFT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIGHTS ARE DESIGNED TO 'BREAK AWAY' IF ACCIDENTALLY HIT BY AN ACFT AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS SPECIAL DESIGN THAT THESE PARTICULAR LIGHTS CONCERN ME. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IF AN ACFT WOULD HIT THIS LIGHT AND SHEAR BOTH WIRES MAKING CONTACT AT THE SAME TIME; THE INCIDENT COULD PROVE TO BE HAZARDOUS. I ASKED A LCL MECH ABOUT THE SIT AND HE TOO BELIEVES THE SIT COULD BE DANGEROUS. THE WOOD COUNTY ARPT AUTH SAYS THESE LIGHTS ARE 'OKAY.' DOESN'T RWY LIGHTING HAVE TO PASS SOME SORT OF CODE? CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES SHE HAS SPOKEN TO THE ARPT MGR REGARDING THE LIGHTS AND WAS TOLD THAT'S THE WAY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN. THIS ARPT DOES RECEIVE FAA FUNDING AND CONSEQUENTLY MUST COMPLY WITH THE ADVISORIES REGARDING ARPT LIGHTING INSTALLATION. ANALYST RECOMMENDED RPTR SPEAK WITH FSDO REPRESENTATIVE TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF THE FAA REQUIREMENTS.