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TRACON controller complaint about erroneous wind readouts from wind indicator and supervisor not notifying maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 337800 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : instrument |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller radar : 12 |
| ASRS Report | 337800 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility |
| Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
Narrative:
This deals with another equipment malfunction. Our wind equipment was indicating winds erroneously. The supervisor would not inform the maintenance technician on duty, I had to do it. By the time the technician got to it, the winds were indicating normal. This is the second time that I am aware of this problem. The other time it was logged, but I don't have the dates.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TRACON CTLR COMPLAINT ABOUT ERRONEOUS WIND READOUTS FROM WIND INDICATOR AND SUPVR NOT NOTIFYING MAINT.
Narrative: THIS DEALS WITH ANOTHER EQUIP MALFUNCTION. OUR WIND EQUIP WAS INDICATING WINDS ERRONEOUSLY. THE SUPVR WOULD NOT INFORM THE MAINT TECHNICIAN ON DUTY, I HAD TO DO IT. BY THE TIME THE TECHNICIAN GOT TO IT, THE WINDS WERE INDICATING NORMAL. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I AM AWARE OF THIS PROB. THE OTHER TIME IT WAS LOGGED, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE DATES.
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.