from the safety action tab of that report.
Recommendation
The aircraft's deviation from the runway centreline during the final stages of
the flight was undetected and uncorrected by the pilot. This could indicate
that the visual cues available during the final stages of flight were insufficient
for the pilot to safely land the aircraft. Significantly, the pilot did not recognise
that those visual cues had diminished to such a point where he was unable to
control the lateral position of the aircraft over the landing runway.
Accordingly, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau makes the following recommendation.
R20040090
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau recommends that the Department
of Defence (airport infrastructure owner) and Darwin International Airport Pty
Ltd (civilian facilities operator) consider installation of centreline lighting and
touchdown zone lighting, consistent with CASA recommended practices
on runways wider than 50 m.
Yet it is still the same 13 years later.