Construction cable cut caused loss of primary transmitters and receivers. Communication failure ATC.

Attributes
ACN	275236
Time
Date	199406
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fai
State Reference	AK
Environment
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
ASRS Report	275236
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

There have been several cable cuts by construction crews causing loss of all of fai ATC's radios except standbys. The standby radios are old and very unreliable. This is potentially a very dangerous situation. The controllers have complained about the problem numerous times to no avail!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CONSTRUCTION CABLE CUT CAUSED LOSS OF PRIMARY XMITTERS AND RECEIVERS. COM FAILURE ATC.

Narrative: THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CABLE CUTS BY CONSTRUCTION CREWS CAUSING LOSS OF ALL OF FAI ATC'S RADIOS EXCEPT STANDBYS. THE STANDBY RADIOS ARE OLD AND VERY UNRELIABLE. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SIT. THE CTLRS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROB NUMEROUS TIMES TO NO AVAIL!

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.