FSS SPECIALIST RPTR INDICATES AN UNLIGHTED UNMARKED TWR ON ARPT; 950 FT W OF RWY CTRLINE. HE HAS NOTIFIED FAA WITH NO RESPONSE.

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THERE IS A 70 FT UNLIGHTED; UNMARKED TWR LOCATED 950 FT W OF THE CTRLINE OF A PRECISION INST RWY AT COLUMBIA REGIONAL ARPT; COLUMBIA; MO. I HAVE RPTED THIS TWR SEVERAL YRS AGO AND AGAIN JUST RECENTLY; ABOUT 3 WKS AGO. IT WAS RPTED TO THE FAA. THERE HAS STILL BEEN NO ACTION. I HAVE NO REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT ANY ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. I HAVE RPTED THIS HAZARD FOR THE LAST TIME. THIS ACTION CLRS MY CONSCIENCE IN EVENT AN ACCIDENT WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS UNLIGHTED OBSTRUCTION. IF THE FAA CHOOSES TO IGNORE THIS PROB; I AM AFRAID A COSTLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT MAY RESULT. THERE NEEDS TO BE ACTION TAKEN TO AVOID THIS. I RECOMMEND AN OBSTRUCTION LIGHT INSTALLED ON THIS TWR POST HASTE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT HE HAS DONE FURTHER RESEARCH SINCE THE RPT WAS SENT. THE TWR IS ACTUALLY 78 FT HIGH AND IS 1 FT UNDER THE HT WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A LIGHT. THE TWR IS ADJACENT TO THE BUILDINGS AND RPTR IS CONCERNED THAT SOMEONE MAKING ANY EMER OR UNUSUAL APCH WOULD NOT BE AWARE OF THIS TWR AT ALL. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE LIGHTED. RPTR HAS WRITTEN TO REGIONAL FAA OFFICE SINCE HIS RPT TO ASRS. HE WAS ADVISED OF THE HOTLINE.