Reporter's facility is located on a military base which experiences periodic power outages and inter...

Attributes
ACN	376391
Time
Date	199708
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : shv
State Reference	LA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : shv
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 4 controller non radar : 11 controller radar : 4
ASRS Report	376391
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

2 power outages were experienced at shv RAPCON. The first was a momentary power outage. The second lasted for 35 mins. Shv RAPCON is located on barksdale AFB. Power outages and interruptions like this are routine, and they are taking a terrible toll on the equipment. My understanding is that the power comes onto the base from the local power company, but then goes through some kind of air force power grid on the base. The service is unreliable. The answer would be to move the approach control over to the regional airport where the control tower is located, 12 mi to the west. In the meantime, the RAPCON needs the protection of an uninterrupted power source for the ASR-9 radar and the mode south beacon. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: they have an uninterrupted power source which only works on the ARTS radar system. The facility has some telephone company line problems feeding information from the radar site to radar equipment and also with the line that feeds data to the control tower brites. A recent meeting was held with the telephone company and others to iron out the problems but reporter is unaware of any changes yet. No change has been made to the on-base power problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR'S FACILITY IS LOCATED ON A MIL BASE WHICH EXPERIENCES PERIODIC PWR OUTAGES AND INTERRUPTIONS. RPTR SAYS SVC IS UNRELIABLE AND FACILITY NEEDS PROTECTION OF AN UNINTERRUPTED PWR SOURCE.

Narrative: 2 PWR OUTAGES WERE EXPERIENCED AT SHV RAPCON. THE FIRST WAS A MOMENTARY PWR OUTAGE. THE SECOND LASTED FOR 35 MINS. SHV RAPCON IS LOCATED ON BARKSDALE AFB. PWR OUTAGES AND INTERRUPTIONS LIKE THIS ARE ROUTINE, AND THEY ARE TAKING A TERRIBLE TOLL ON THE EQUIP. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PWR COMES ONTO THE BASE FROM THE LCL PWR COMPANY, BUT THEN GOES THROUGH SOME KIND OF AIR FORCE PWR GRID ON THE BASE. THE SVC IS UNRELIABLE. THE ANSWER WOULD BE TO MOVE THE APCH CTL OVER TO THE REGIONAL ARPT WHERE THE CTL TWR IS LOCATED, 12 MI TO THE W. IN THE MEANTIME, THE RAPCON NEEDS THE PROTECTION OF AN UNINTERRUPTED PWR SOURCE FOR THE ASR-9 RADAR AND THE MODE S BEACON. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THEY HAVE AN UNINTERRUPTED PWR SOURCE WHICH ONLY WORKS ON THE ARTS RADAR SYS. THE FACILITY HAS SOME TELCO LINE PROBS FEEDING INFO FROM THE RADAR SITE TO RADAR EQUIP AND ALSO WITH THE LINE THAT FEEDS DATA TO THE CTL TWR BRITES. A RECENT MEETING WAS HELD WITH THE TELCO AND OTHERS TO IRON OUT THE PROBS BUT RPTR IS UNAWARE OF ANY CHANGES YET. NO CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO THE ON-BASE PWR PROB.

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.

Reporter's facility is located on a military base which experiences periodic power outages and interruptions. Reporter says service is unreliable and facility needs protection of an uninterrupted power source.