ATC equipment problem icss position failed.

Attributes
ACN	280964
Time
Date	199408
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fsm
State Reference	AR
Environment
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 6 controller radar : 13
ASRS Report	280964
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 5 controller radar : 14
ASRS Report	280971
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The local control position failed (icss-frequencys only). The position was unusable for about 5 mins. The local controller had to shift to the ground control position, and the ground controller moved to clearance delivery in order to continue operations. Local control was restored by maintenance resetting the icss at local control. This situation has happened several times, and at least 1 time during extremely busy traffic, local control and ground control failed a ucr was filed on the later failure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC EQUIP PROB ICSS POS FAILED.

Narrative: THE LCL CTL POS FAILED (ICSS-FREQS ONLY). THE POS WAS UNUSABLE FOR ABOUT 5 MINS. THE LCL CTLR HAD TO SHIFT TO THE GND CTL POS, AND THE GND CTLR MOVED TO CLRNC DELIVERY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OPS. LCL CTL WAS RESTORED BY MAINT RESETTING THE ICSS AT LCL CTL. THIS SIT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, AND AT LEAST 1 TIME DURING EXTREMELY BUSY TFC, LCL CTL AND GND CTL FAILED A UCR WAS FILED ON THE LATER FAILURE.

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.