Complete power failure occurred at air traffic facility. Backup power did not work.

Attributes
ACN	121934
Time
Date	198909
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mht
State Reference	NH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mht tracon : bos
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 4 controller radar : 1
ASRS Report	121934
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

Due to VFR WX, loss of separation was not a problem. However, mht TRACON and tower lost radar, frequencys, landlines, commercial lines for 20 minutes. No backups kicked in.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMPLETE POWER FAILURE OCCURRED AT AIR TRAFFIC FAC. BACKUP POWER DID NOT WORK.

Narrative: DUE TO VFR WX, LOSS OF SEPARATION WAS NOT A PROBLEM. HOWEVER, MHT TRACON AND TWR LOST RADAR, FREQS, LANDLINES, COMMERCIAL LINES FOR 20 MINUTES. NO BACKUPS KICKED IN.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.