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Reporter at lax ATCT contends that coordination light that restricts departing flts altitude is not reliable and has allegedly contributed to several operrors.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 343727 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lax |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 14 controller radar : 2 controller supervisory : 3 |
| ASRS Report | 343727 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
There is a restrict light at the local control position. The light was on to restrict aircraft at 2000 ft. Power outage occurred and light went off, but did not return with power. Local controllers were climbing aircraft to 3000 ft. 1/2 of all operrors at lax can be attributed to the restrict light. Pilots are always questioning the initial altitude. Eventually there will be an accident with a loss of life unless the restrict light at lax tower is removed. It could be controller or pilot error. Please do something since the FAA western pacific regional office will not.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR AT LAX ATCT CONTENDS THAT COORD LIGHT THAT RESTRICTS DEPARTING FLTS ALT IS NOT RELIABLE AND HAS ALLEGEDLY CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL OPERRORS.
Narrative: THERE IS A RESTRICT LIGHT AT THE LCL CTL POS. THE LIGHT WAS ON TO RESTRICT ACFT AT 2000 FT. PWR OUTAGE OCCURRED AND LIGHT WENT OFF, BUT DID NOT RETURN WITH PWR. LCL CTLRS WERE CLBING ACFT TO 3000 FT. 1/2 OF ALL OPERRORS AT LAX CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE RESTRICT LIGHT. PLTS ARE ALWAYS QUESTIONING THE INITIAL ALT. EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE AN ACCIDENT WITH A LOSS OF LIFE UNLESS THE RESTRICT LIGHT AT LAX TWR IS REMOVED. IT COULD BE CTLR OR PLT ERROR. PLEASE DO SOMETHING SINCE THE FAA WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE WILL NOT.
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.