ATC equipment problem radar failed.

Attributes
ACN	266422
Time
Date	199403
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	266422
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

At XX50 the ASR 9 failed resulting in a radar outage at charlotte ATCT. The radar went to cenrad which is a feed off of ZTL radar and requires more separation. This lasted for 45 mins.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC EQUIP PROB RADAR FAILED.

Narrative: AT XX50 THE ASR 9 FAILED RESULTING IN A RADAR OUTAGE AT CHARLOTTE ATCT. THE RADAR WENT TO CENRAD WHICH IS A FEED OFF OF ZTL RADAR AND REQUIRES MORE SEPARATION. THIS LASTED FOR 45 MINS.

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.