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TRACON rho controller complaint about equipment outages on may thu and may fri in the pit TRACON. Problem was resolved on may fri afternoon.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 369400 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : handoff position |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : instrument |
| Experience | controller radar : 11 flight time total : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 369400 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
May/thu/97 departure radar north icss (communication) system went out at XA15Z. At XA30Z rcc advised of significant outage. May/fri/97 at YB00Z icss remains OTS. This has caused a reconfign of departure radar position. Controllers are working in areas that are nonstandard. All frequencys remain available. At YB00Z on may/fri/97 it is planned to close 2 operating position and release posco #? To maintenance. We already have taken away the ability to open 1 of 4 departure radar position and the additional position could severely overload the departure radar controller. The problem was fixed at YB25Z.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TRACON RHO CTLR COMPLAINT ABOUT EQUIP OUTAGES ON MAY THU AND MAY FRI IN THE PIT TRACON. PROB WAS RESOLVED ON MAY FRI AFTERNOON.
Narrative: MAY/THU/97 DEP RADAR N ICSS (COM) SYS WENT OUT AT XA15Z. AT XA30Z RCC ADVISED OF SIGNIFICANT OUTAGE. MAY/FRI/97 AT YB00Z ICSS REMAINS OTS. THIS HAS CAUSED A RECONFIGN OF DEP RADAR POS. CTLRS ARE WORKING IN AREAS THAT ARE NONSTANDARD. ALL FREQS REMAIN AVAILABLE. AT YB00Z ON MAY/FRI/97 IT IS PLANNED TO CLOSE 2 OPERATING POS AND RELEASE POSCO #? TO MAINT. WE ALREADY HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE ABILITY TO OPEN 1 OF 4 DEP RADAR POS AND THE ADDITIONAL POS COULD SEVERELY OVERLOAD THE DEP RADAR CTLR. THE PROB WAS FIXED AT YB25Z.
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.