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Reporter states facility experienced a total radar and all associated equipment failure for approximately 35 seconds to 1 min. The failure resulted in arrival and departure delays.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 402045 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mci |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : phl |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 18 |
| ASRS Report | 402045 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Working abi departure at 3000 ft MSL. An MU30 swept wing twin engine jet from north to south passed under me. Called abi departure and they had no target until the MU30 was 10 mi south of my position. I requested they track if possible, called abi on the telephone trying to help.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR STATES FACILITY EXPERIENCED A TOTAL RADAR AND ALL ASSOCIATED EQUIP FAILURE FOR APPROX 35 SECONDS TO 1 MIN. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN ARR AND DEP DELAYS.
Narrative: WORKING ABI DEP AT 3000 FT MSL. AN MU30 SWEPT WING TWIN ENG JET FROM N TO S PASSED UNDER ME. CALLED ABI DEP AND THEY HAD NO TARGET UNTIL THE MU30 WAS 10 MI S OF MY POS. I REQUESTED THEY TRACK IF POSSIBLE, CALLED ABI ON THE TELEPHONE TRYING TO HELP.
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.