FBO office personnel complaint about security gate monitoring and operating procedure.

Attributes
ACN	163772
Time
Date	199011
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tup
State Reference	MS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel
ASRS Report	163772
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Gate security is maintained by magnetic gate and surveillance camera with personal at camera. Wind seems to be one factor in proper gate operation. Wind that day was 100 degrees at 12 KTS, estimated by national WX service. Customers were let in gate and the FAA had been visually monitoring gate for approximately 1 hour or more. Due to wind and gate adjustments, gate did not shut back normally. FAA inspector came in, idented himself and asked personnel if gate was supposed to be open. They said no and went to shut gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FBO OFFICE PERSONNEL COMPLAINT ABOUT SECURITY GATE MONITORING AND OPERATING PROC.

Narrative: GATE SECURITY IS MAINTAINED BY MAGNETIC GATE AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERA WITH PERSONAL AT CAMERA. WIND SEEMS TO BE ONE FACTOR IN PROPER GATE OPERATION. WIND THAT DAY WAS 100 DEGS AT 12 KTS, ESTIMATED BY NATL WX SVC. CUSTOMERS WERE LET IN GATE AND THE FAA HAD BEEN VISUALLY MONITORING GATE FOR APPROX 1 HR OR MORE. DUE TO WIND AND GATE ADJUSTMENTS, GATE DID NOT SHUT BACK NORMALLY. FAA INSPECTOR CAME IN, IDENTED HIMSELF AND ASKED PERSONNEL IF GATE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN. THEY SAID NO AND WENT TO SHUT GATE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.