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Video map outage due to power unit failures at TRACON. Reporter claims unable to vector to final approach or airports.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 353611 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : aus |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : aus tracon : stl |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 12 |
| ASRS Report | 353611 |
| 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 |
Narrative:
Loss of video maps on radar due to loss of both power units. Resulted in inability to vector to final or to airports. Loss of airspace boundaries and transfer of control points.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: VIDEO MAP OUTAGE DUE TO PWR UNIT FAILURES AT TRACON. RPTR CLAIMS UNABLE TO VECTOR TO FINAL APCH OR ARPTS.
Narrative: LOSS OF VIDEO MAPS ON RADAR DUE TO LOSS OF BOTH PWR UNITS. RESULTED IN INABILITY TO VECTOR TO FINAL OR TO ARPTS. LOSS OF AIRSPACE BOUNDARIES AND TRANSFER OF CTL POINTS.
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.