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Reporter states that one of the TRACON's video maps is incorrectly depicted or misaligned for an ILS procedure. The problem has been reported to management and FAA technicians, but not corrected.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 339722 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pvd |
| State Reference | RI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| ASRS Report | 339722 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
The ewb facility as depicted on the pvd TRACON map is offset by more than a mi! Airport facilities has checked it and said the map alignment is within limits. The map itself appears to be wrong. For a month now, the information has been placed on the sids, without any indication when this might be corrected.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR STATES THAT ONE OF THE TRACON'S VIDEO MAPS IS INCORRECTLY DEPICTED OR MISALIGNED FOR AN ILS PROC. THE PROB HAS BEEN RPTED TO MGMNT AND FAA TECHNICIANS, BUT NOT CORRECTED.
Narrative: THE EWB FACILITY AS DEPICTED ON THE PVD TRACON MAP IS OFFSET BY MORE THAN A MI! ARPT FACILITIES HAS CHKED IT AND SAID THE MAP ALIGNMENT IS WITHIN LIMITS. THE MAP ITSELF APPEARS TO BE WRONG. FOR A MONTH NOW, THE INFO HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE SIDS, WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WHEN THIS MIGHT BE CORRECTED.
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.