<< >> NASA ASRS Report 384600, September 1997

A tower controller claims that the asde equipment was either unusable or unsatisfactory on 14 separate occasions during the month of september.

Attributes
ACN	384600
Time
Date	199709
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mci
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 3
ASRS Report	384600
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

On 14 different occasions during the month of september the airport surface detection equipment (asde) was unusable or unsatisfactory. While september is not normally a month with a high amount of fog, mist or IFR conditions, controllers were left with little or no operational support from the asde equipment. This presents an unnecessary safety hazard that should not be experienced with such new equipment.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A TWR CTLR CLAIMS THAT THE ASDE EQUIP WAS EITHER UNUSABLE OR UNSATISFACTORY ON 14 SEPARATE OCCASIONS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

Narrative: ON 14 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER THE ARPT SURFACE DETECTION EQUIP (ASDE) WAS UNUSABLE OR UNSATISFACTORY. WHILE SEPTEMBER IS NOT NORMALLY A MONTH WITH A HIGH AMOUNT OF FOG, MIST OR IFR CONDITIONS, CTLRS WERE LEFT WITH LITTLE OR NO OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE ASDE EQUIP. THIS PRESENTS AN UNNECESSARY SAFETY HAZARD THAT SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCED WITH SUCH NEW 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.