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Reporters describe situation where the radar fails at a center and the problems associated with keeping traffic moving.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1170008 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201404 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZLA.ARTCC |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute Instructor |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 10 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 7 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was training a developmental when the flight plans on the edst went blue; then shortly afterward the data blocks on our scope were not responding to computer inputs. All track control was lost on every aircraft. I immediately reported the edst issue to the flm and surrounding sectors that were affected by the data loss. We were informed that we had lost eram and kept passing info to the surrounding sectors manually to prevent flight delays. We were relieved from the sector shortly after the eram failure.recommendations would be to have physical copies of all important manuals so that the information is available right away. We did not have ATC zero or other pertinent books available for the failure. Nothing can be looked up immediately on any of the computers on the control room floor. We were not ready and all veteran cpc's spent a lot of time training younger cpc's and developmentals on strip marking and how to pass flight plan information.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Reporters describe situation where the radar fails at a Center and the problems associated with keeping traffic moving.
Narrative: I was training a Developmental when the flight plans on the EDST went blue; then shortly afterward the data blocks on our scope were not responding to computer inputs. All track control was lost on every aircraft. I immediately reported the EDST issue to the FLM and surrounding sectors that were affected by the data loss. We were informed that we had lost ERAM and kept passing info to the surrounding sectors manually to prevent flight delays. We were relieved from the sector shortly after the ERAM failure.Recommendations would be to have physical copies of all important manuals so that the information is available right away. We did not have ATC Zero or other pertinent books available for the failure. Nothing can be looked up immediately on any of the computers on the control room floor. We were not ready and all veteran CPC's spent a lot of time training younger CPC's and developmentals on strip marking and how to pass flight plan information.
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.