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Reporter claims a radar scope quit for a period of about 3 seconds. In the past 12 months, reporter says there were 6 radar display outages.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 390073 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : san |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | controller military : 10 controller radar : 10 flight time total : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 390073 |
| 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 | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Radar scope quit for 3 seconds. 6TH occurrence of pacific radar scope outage in 12 months. Pacific radar works commuters back and forth from lax and san, and sna departures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR CLAIMS A RADAR SCOPE QUIT FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 3 SECONDS. IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, RPTR SAYS THERE WERE 6 RADAR DISPLAY OUTAGES.
Narrative: RADAR SCOPE QUIT FOR 3 SECONDS. 6TH OCCURRENCE OF PACIFIC RADAR SCOPE OUTAGE IN 12 MONTHS. PACIFIC RADAR WORKS COMMUTERS BACK AND FORTH FROM LAX AND SAN, AND SNA DEPS.
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.