Temporary military TRACON equipment problem radar failed.

Attributes
ACN	240782
Time
Date	199305
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : row
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : row
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Experience	controller non radar : 5
ASRS Report	240782
Person 2
Affiliation	government : military
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : military
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On may/xx/93 the temporary military TRACON servicing row lost its radar for about 5 mins. There was only 1 airplane at the time, but if there were more aircraft this could have been a disastrous situation, considering that the military is not familiar with the area and has little or no experience with non radar. The radar went down twice more that day, once at XA45 am and again at XA53 am for a total of about 2 hours. Since military controllers are not familiar with the airspace or backup procedures, this is a very dangerous situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TEMPORARY MIL TRACON EQUIP PROB RADAR FAILED.

Narrative: ON MAY/XX/93 THE TEMPORARY MIL TRACON SVCING ROW LOST ITS RADAR FOR ABOUT 5 MINS. THERE WAS ONLY 1 AIRPLANE AT THE TIME, BUT IF THERE WERE MORE ACFT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTROUS SIT, CONSIDERING THAT THE MIL IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND HAS LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE WITH NON RADAR. THE RADAR WENT DOWN TWICE MORE THAT DAY, ONCE AT XA45 AM AND AGAIN AT XA53 AM FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2 HRS. SINCE MIL CTLRS ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRSPACE OR BACKUP PROCS, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SIT.

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.