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Reporter situation of all power to the ATCT and TRACON being lost for approximately 1 min affecting the radar displays and radio except battery pwred.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 363750 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mwh |
| State Reference | WA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 11 |
| ASRS Report | 363750 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While giving a position relief briefing to another fpl, at the end of the briefing all power to the ATCT and TRACON was lost for approximately 1 min , all radar scopes went blank, and all radios (except for an emergency battery pwred radio) were OTS. No separation was lost on any aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR SIT OF ALL PWR TO THE ATCT AND TRACON BEING LOST FOR APPROX 1 MIN AFFECTING THE RADAR DISPLAYS AND RADIO EXCEPT BATTERY PWRED.
Narrative: WHILE GIVING A POS RELIEF BRIEFING TO ANOTHER FPL, AT THE END OF THE BRIEFING ALL PWR TO THE ATCT AND TRACON WAS LOST FOR APPROX 1 MIN , ALL RADAR SCOPES WENT BLANK, AND ALL RADIOS (EXCEPT FOR AN EMER BATTERY PWRED RADIO) WERE OTS. NO SEPARATION WAS LOST ON ANY ACFT.
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.