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Reported outage of odf VORTAC for nearly a week. VORTAC is used for an arrival STAR to atl and for an intersection holding fix.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 370738 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : odf |
| State Reference | GA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lax |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | controller radar : 10 flight time total : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 370738 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
The foothills VORTAC (odf) near toccoa, GA, has been OTS for almost a week. This VORTAC is a major component of the macey STAR (attached). The macey STAR is the busiest and most complex STAR at ZTL that feeds the atlanta hartsfield airport. There is substantial holding (excess of 30 mins) daily on the arrival and the odf outages has increased the workload tremendously. The odf VORTAC is needed for the bebad intersection, which is the secondary holding fix on the arrival. Also, during periods of inclement WX, like thunderstorm season now, odf plays a very important role in the make-up of unpublished holding patterns that are far from atlanta. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated the VORTAC was OTS for about 3 weeks. After returning to service, the VORTAC was OTS for about 6 hours before returning to service. Reporter indicated the VORTAC was operating normally. Reporter is unaware of what the problem was with the equipment.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTED OUTAGE OF ODF VORTAC FOR NEARLY A WK. VORTAC IS USED FOR AN ARR STAR TO ATL AND FOR AN INTXN HOLDING FIX.
Narrative: THE FOOTHILLS VORTAC (ODF) NEAR TOCCOA, GA, HAS BEEN OTS FOR ALMOST A WK. THIS VORTAC IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE MACEY STAR (ATTACHED). THE MACEY STAR IS THE BUSIEST AND MOST COMPLEX STAR AT ZTL THAT FEEDS THE ATLANTA HARTSFIELD ARPT. THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL HOLDING (EXCESS OF 30 MINS) DAILY ON THE ARR AND THE ODF OUTAGES HAS INCREASED THE WORKLOAD TREMENDOUSLY. THE ODF VORTAC IS NEEDED FOR THE BEBAD INTXN, WHICH IS THE SECONDARY HOLDING FIX ON THE ARR. ALSO, DURING PERIODS OF INCLEMENT WX, LIKE TSTM SEASON NOW, ODF PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE MAKE-UP OF UNPUBLISHED HOLDING PATTERNS THAT ARE FAR FROM ATLANTA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THE VORTAC WAS OTS FOR ABOUT 3 WKS. AFTER RETURNING TO SVC, THE VORTAC WAS OTS FOR ABOUT 6 HRS BEFORE RETURNING TO SVC. RPTR INDICATED THE VORTAC WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. RPTR IS UNAWARE OF WHAT THE PROB WAS WITH THE EQUIP.
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.