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Center controller at ZME wants information on a WX balloon and its impact on operations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 408045 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199807 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : uno |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zme |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 9 |
| ASRS Report | 408045 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
At uno they have a moored WX balloon. We were never briefed on its impact to our operations. A week after the balloon has been flying a memo appeared on sector advising the NDB approach is unusable when the balloon is airborne. We are not getting word on sector when the balloon is airborne. One day we called ZKC to confirm and the sgf low sector controller didn't know about it. At ZME jbr low sector is affected.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTR CTLR AT ZME WANTS INFO ON A WX BALLOON AND ITS IMPACT ON OPS.
Narrative: AT UNO THEY HAVE A MOORED WX BALLOON. WE WERE NEVER BRIEFED ON ITS IMPACT TO OUR OPS. A WK AFTER THE BALLOON HAS BEEN FLYING A MEMO APPEARED ON SECTOR ADVISING THE NDB APCH IS UNUSABLE WHEN THE BALLOON IS AIRBORNE. WE ARE NOT GETTING WORD ON SECTOR WHEN THE BALLOON IS AIRBORNE. ONE DAY WE CALLED ZKC TO CONFIRM AND THE SGF LOW SECTOR CTLR DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. AT ZME JBR LOW SECTOR IS AFFECTED.
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.