Nmm government controller encounters radar ARTS failure and reverts to manual controller procedures.

Attributes
ACN	425140
Time
Date	199901
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : nmm
State Reference	MS
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government other
Function	controller : approach
Experience	controller military : 4 controller non radar : 6 controller radar : 11
ASRS Report	425140
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

In the midst of moderated traffic, our ARTS failed, causing us to revert to ATC procedures from the 1950's.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMM GOV CTLR ENCOUNTERS RADAR ARTS FAILURE AND REVERTS TO MANUAL CTLR PROCS.

Narrative: IN THE MIDST OF MODERATED TFC, OUR ARTS FAILED, CAUSING US TO REVERT TO ATC PROCS FROM THE 1950'S.

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.