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Asde locked up and failed 3 times during rainy evening. Maintenance reset equipment but is unaware of cause.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 367483 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mci |
| State Reference | MO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dca |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller radar : 16 |
| ASRS Report | 367487 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Airport surface detection equipment locked up and failed during a rainy evening at mci. Maintenance was able to reset each time, but it failed on 3 different occasions. The reasons that it locked up are not known at this time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ASDE LOCKED UP AND FAILED 3 TIMES DURING RAINY EVENING. MAINT RESET EQUIP BUT IS UNAWARE OF CAUSE.
Narrative: ARPT SURFACE DETECTION EQUIP LOCKED UP AND FAILED DURING A RAINY EVENING AT MCI. MAINT WAS ABLE TO RESET EACH TIME, BUT IT FAILED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE REASONS THAT IT LOCKED UP ARE NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
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.