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ATC equipment problem BRITE radar scope failure. Maintenance technicians taking scope OTS without coordination with tower.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 284607 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199409 |
| Day | Fri |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bos |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 11 controller radar : 11 |
| ASRS Report | 284607 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| 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 | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
Narrative:
On several occasions maintenance technicians will be working or just take the local control BRITE displays. When they do this, the displays go into error and we have no idea why. On local control #1 display, we don't ever get an error message. How can we use displays that are unusable if we don't ever know they went out.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATC EQUIP PROB BRITE RADAR SCOPE FAILURE. MAINT TECHNICIANS TAKING SCOPE OTS WITHOUT COORD WITH TWR.
Narrative: ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MAINT TECHNICIANS WILL BE WORKING OR JUST TAKE THE LCL CTL BRITE DISPLAYS. WHEN THEY DO THIS, THE DISPLAYS GO INTO ERROR AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHY. ON LCL CTL #1 DISPLAY, WE DON'T EVER GET AN ERROR MESSAGE. HOW CAN WE USE DISPLAYS THAT ARE UNUSABLE IF WE DON'T EVER KNOW THEY WENT OUT.
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.