 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Clt TRACON had ARTS 3A failure for 2 minutes during heavy traffic. Outage not logged on facility record of daily operations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 126667 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198910 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : clt |
| State Reference | NC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : clt |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller radar : 7 |
| ASRS Report | 126667 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Clt TRACON had an unplanned, unexpected total loss of ARTS 3A data for approximately 2 mins during an arrival push with at least 30 aircraft on the scope. Primary radar remained on, but numerous aircraft were being separated via verified altitude readout prior to the ARTS loss. Altitude reports and/or vectors immediately became the only means of ensuring the sep of the aircraft. Maintenance was notified, but no record was made in the 7230-4 (daily log of operations), so the equipment appears more reliable on paper than it actually is.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CLT TRACON HAD ARTS 3A FAILURE FOR 2 MINUTES DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC. OUTAGE NOT LOGGED ON FAC RECORD OF DAILY OPERATIONS.
Narrative: CLT TRACON HAD AN UNPLANNED, UNEXPECTED TOTAL LOSS OF ARTS 3A DATA FOR APPROX 2 MINS DURING AN ARR PUSH WITH AT LEAST 30 ACFT ON THE SCOPE. PRIMARY RADAR REMAINED ON, BUT NUMEROUS ACFT WERE BEING SEPARATED VIA VERIFIED ALT READOUT PRIOR TO THE ARTS LOSS. ALT RPTS AND/OR VECTORS IMMEDIATELY BECAME THE ONLY MEANS OF ENSURING THE SEP OF THE ACFT. MAINT WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO RECORD WAS MADE IN THE 7230-4 (DAILY LOG OF OPS), SO THE EQUIP APPEARS MORE RELIABLE ON PAPER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS.
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.