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ATCT local controller does not observe piper arrow land with gear up. Controller distraction with radar equipment outage and trying to visually locate other aircraft in traffic pattern.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 419950 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : srq |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| ASRS Report | 419950 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
| Situations | |
| Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
Narrative:
Sarasota ASR-9 radar was out for maintenance. This put an increased workload on air traffic controllers to visually look (search) for aircraft they normally would easily pick up through reference their radar position. I was working local and searching for aircraft landing on a crossing runway. Aircraft was landing on the other crossing runway. Due to my attention to looking for other aircraft without radar, I did not see an aircraft land with no gear. Since I had no radar my attention was distracted. If the radar had been in service, I would not have had to search so long and hard to find aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATCT LCL CTLR DOES NOT OBSERVE PIPER ARROW LAND WITH GEAR UP. CTLR DISTR WITH RADAR EQUIP OUTAGE AND TRYING TO VISUALLY LOCATE OTHER ACFT IN TFC PATTERN.
Narrative: SARASOTA ASR-9 RADAR WAS OUT FOR MAINT. THIS PUT AN INCREASED WORKLOAD ON AIR TFC CTLRS TO VISUALLY LOOK (SEARCH) FOR ACFT THEY NORMALLY WOULD EASILY PICK UP THROUGH REF THEIR RADAR POS. I WAS WORKING LCL AND SEARCHING FOR ACFT LNDG ON A XING RWY. ACFT WAS LNDG ON THE OTHER XING RWY. DUE TO MY ATTN TO LOOKING FOR OTHER ACFT WITHOUT RADAR, I DID NOT SEE AN ACFT LAND WITH NO GEAR. SINCE I HAD NO RADAR MY ATTN WAS DISTRACTED. IF THE RADAR HAD BEEN IN SVC, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO SEARCH SO LONG AND HARD TO FIND ACFT.
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.