During a busy traffic period the atl approach control radar failed.

Attributes
ACN	357930
Time
Date	199701
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 14
ASRS Report	357930
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:

On jan tue 96, during a period of busy traffic, the atl radar failed. Luckily, the WX was VFR, but this created an unacceptably dangerous situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING A BUSY TFC PERIOD THE ATL APCH CTL RADAR FAILED.

Narrative: ON JAN TUE 96, DURING A PERIOD OF BUSY TFC, THE ATL RADAR FAILED. LUCKILY, THE WX WAS VFR, BUT THIS CREATED AN UNACCEPTABLY DANGEROUS SIT.

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.