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ZFW controller described radar coverage issues resulting in lost radar targets.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1146622 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201401 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZFW.ARTCC |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 140 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
I was busy working traffic on donie low (29). I noticed an aircraft flashing at me from the high side of GGG; longview approach heading west. I went back to my traffic and when I returned I noticed that the aircraft went non-radar and I accepted the handoff and immediately told myself I shouldn't have taken it because the target was non-radar. The aircraft never called me. Longview approach called and asked if I ever talked to the aircraft and I told them no. They said they no longer had him in radar and were not talking to him. I returned to my traffic. I then noticed a VFR target squawking 1200 roughly ten miles to the west of where I lost radar on the aircraft; heading in the same direction and at the same altitude. I assumed it was him and that he decided to go on his own; so I removed strip on the aircraft and dropped the target. Improve the radar coverage in the area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZFW Controller described RADAR coverage issues resulting in lost RADAR targets.
Narrative: I was busy working traffic on Donie Low (29). I noticed an aircraft flashing at me from the high side of GGG; Longview Approach heading west. I went back to my traffic and when I returned I noticed that the aircraft went non-RADAR and I accepted the handoff and immediately told myself I shouldn't have taken it because the target was non-RADAR. The aircraft never called me. Longview Approach called and asked if I ever talked to the aircraft and I told them no. They said they no longer had him in RADAR and were not talking to him. I returned to my traffic. I then noticed a VFR target squawking 1200 roughly ten miles to the west of where I lost RADAR on the aircraft; heading in the same direction and at the same altitude. I assumed it was him and that he decided to go on his own; so I removed strip on the aircraft and dropped the target. Improve the RADAR coverage in the area.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.