Radar equipment problem ARTS IIIA air carrier X data tag went into coast.

Attributes
ACN	227737
Time
Date	199212
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : tpa
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : tpa
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 4 controller radar : 11
ASRS Report	227737
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

Air carrier X departed runway 18R at tampa. ARTS data block acquired normally. Put into handoff status. Center took the handoff. ARTS data block changed to 'C' track. As aircraft was making right turn northbound, 12 mi southwest of tampa, data block went into 'CST.' target then went northbound and data block went wbound. Data block then went into 'coast list.' data block reacquired on target 10 mi west of tampa.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RADAR EQUIP PROBLEM ARTS IIIA ACR X DATA TAG WENT INTO COAST.

Narrative: ACR X DEPARTED RWY 18R AT TAMPA. ARTS DATA BLOCK ACQUIRED NORMALLY. PUT INTO HDOF STATUS. CTR TOOK THE HDOF. ARTS DATA BLOCK CHANGED TO 'C' TRACK. AS ACFT WAS MAKING R TURN NBOUND, 12 MI SW OF TAMPA, DATA BLOCK WENT INTO 'CST.' TARGET THEN WENT NBOUND AND DATA BLOCK WENT WBOUND. DATA BLOCK THEN WENT INTO 'COAST LIST.' DATA BLOCK REACQUIRED ON TARGET 10 MI W OF TAMPA.

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.