SAV CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING OPS AND AVAILABLE INFO ON TBR ARPT; DESCRIBING A RECENT INCIDENT INVOLVING SAME.
Synopsis
SAV CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING OPS AND AVAILABLE INFO ON TBR ARPT; DESCRIBING A RECENT INCIDENT INVOLVING SAME.
Narrative
WE HAD A VFR GO FROM 73J; WHICH WENT IFR; THEN CAME TO SAV. OCEAN FOGBANK ROLLED IN FROM E. SAV WENT IFR SO TOOK HIM TO TBR; WHICH WAS RPTED VFR; HOWEVER RWY 14/32 CLOSED AND IT WAS NIGHTTIME; HOWEVER RWY 5/23 WAS OPEN. ACFT FLEW OVER TBR AND SAID THE PCL WAS NOT WORKING. TOOK HIM 10 MI W OF TBR TO MHP BECAUSE NO RWY LIGHTS. MEANWHILE HE SAID HE WAS MINIMUM FUEL. I HAVE WORKED HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND FOUND OUT; THROUGH TALKING TO THE SECURITY MAN AT TBR; THERE WAS NO LIGHTING AT ALL ON RWY 5/23. I LEFT THE SUPVR A NOTE TO PLEASE PUT OUT A MEMO STATING RWY 5/23 IS UNLIT AND NEVER HAD RWY LIGHTS. IF I DID NOT KNOW AND HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THIS LONG IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW INFO; ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE AN EMER. I ASKED MY SUPVR IF IT IS IFR; DOES THE APCH WITH NO RWY LIGHTING; BECOME UNSAFE AND PLACE US WITH LIABILITY? I WILL NOT DO THE APCH. THE ACFT WHO WAS MINIMUM FUEL WORST CASE COULD HAVE CRASHED. MY JOB IS TO ASSIST THE PUBLIC WITH CORRECT AND SAFE INFO; AND MGMNT AT SAVANNAH CHOOSES TO IGNORE ANY SAFETY ISSUE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.