Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 119; Flight Crew Total 3180; Flight Crew Type 3180
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Airport; Human Factors
Night visual conditions in SBA landing Runway 7. The approach light system is extremely bright and disorienting to the point that it washes out any visual reference to the rest of the runway. Tower was unable to dim the lights; saying they could only dim the runway lights; which made it worse. Also makes it challenging to have an accurate and soft landing to a short runway.
Commercial Fixed Wing First Officer reported the SBA ALS being extremely bright and disorienting while landing.