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Tower air conditioning failed. FAA maintenance refused to fix until controller's said ATC services would be stopped.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 277500 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199407 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : tmb |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| ASRS Report | 277500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified atc |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Our tower air conditioner broke on a hot south florida summer afternoon. Even though a technician was working on it, at X pm he packed his tools and went home. It became very hot in the tower cabin. Our standing order says that if cabin temperature exceeds 94 degrees that we can abandon the tower and stop ATC operations. We reported the outage to the technicians and ATC tower manager at home and were basically told sorry live with it. It wasn't until we told the technicians that according to the rules we will cease operations that they said they would send someone to repair it. I believe this is all caused by a lack of money because they don't want to spend money for overtime or staff the facility during its operational hours.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TWR AIR CONDITIONING FAILED. FAA MAINT REFUSED TO FIX UNTIL CTLR'S SAID ATC SVCS WOULD BE STOPPED.
Narrative: OUR TWR AIR CONDITIONER BROKE ON A HOT S FLORIDA SUMMER AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH A TECHNICIAN WAS WORKING ON IT, AT X PM HE PACKED HIS TOOLS AND WENT HOME. IT BECAME VERY HOT IN THE TWR CABIN. OUR STANDING ORDER SAYS THAT IF CABIN TEMP EXCEEDS 94 DEGS THAT WE CAN ABANDON THE TWR AND STOP ATC OPS. WE RPTED THE OUTAGE TO THE TECHNICIANS AND ATC TWR MGR AT HOME AND WERE BASICALLY TOLD SORRY LIVE WITH IT. IT WASN'T UNTIL WE TOLD THE TECHNICIANS THAT ACCORDING TO THE RULES WE WILL CEASE OPS THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND SOMEONE TO REPAIR IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS ALL CAUSED BY A LACK OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY FOR OVERTIME OR STAFF THE FACILITY DURING ITS OPERATIONAL HRS.
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.