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Sav controller voiced concern regarding an on-going issue with dropped ARTS targets on departure; noting the increase in airspace incursion potential resulting from the anomaly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1211920 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201410 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SAV.TRACON |
| State Reference | GA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach Departure |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 19 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
A aircraft departed sav runway 19 on an IFR flight plan. He departed and ARTS auto acquired normally. Departure control identified him and turned him to the northwest to climb. When the aircraft was approximately 5 miles west of sav climbing through approximately 3;000 feet the ARTS data block disappeared. The aircraft was still 'somewhere' in ARTS as it would display when queried. It was also still in the NAS; but would not re-ARTS force; etc… this is an ongoing issue at sav!!! Normal IFR data blocks are falling off our radar screens without explanation...this will easily end with an airspace violation or loss of separation; as in this case the vector/climb was across the sav runway 10 final approach course. While sav tech ops is reviewing these 'issues' and the ATC management 'collects data' and 'makes log entries' no one is actually doing anything to ensure the safety of the aircraft or protect the controllers from one 'getting away'. Sav is surrounded by special use airspace and the potential for a major incident involving the DOD systems is very likely!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SAV Controller voiced concern regarding an on-going issue with dropped ARTS targets on departure; noting the increase in airspace incursion potential resulting from the anomaly.
Narrative: A aircraft departed SAV Runway 19 on an IFR flight plan. He departed and ARTS auto acquired normally. Departure control identified him and turned him to the northwest to climb. When the aircraft was approximately 5 miles west of SAV climbing through approximately 3;000 feet the ARTS data block disappeared. The aircraft was still 'somewhere' in ARTS as it would display when queried. It was also still in the NAS; but would not re-ARTS force; etc… THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AT SAV!!! Normal IFR data blocks are falling off our radar screens without explanation...This will easily end with an airspace violation or loss of separation; as in this case the vector/climb was across the SAV Runway 10 final approach course. While SAV Tech Ops is reviewing these 'issues' and the ATC management 'collects data' and 'makes log entries' NO one is actually DOING anything to ensure the safety of the aircraft or protect the controllers from one 'getting away'. SAV is surrounded by Special Use Airspace and the potential for a major incident involving the DOD systems is very likely!
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.