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Sav controller reports that tower TRACON transmitter equipment failure caused due to lack of backup equipment sustainable fuel reserves.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 433800 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sav.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 1.3 |
| ASRS Report | 433800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | communication equipment : sav.tracon procedure or policy : sav.tracon |
Narrative:
This information was given to me by fellow controllers who I am writing this NASA report for. I was not working this day. Apr/sat/99, XA00 loss of all transmitters main and standby, 6 frequencys in tower, 7 frequencys in approach. However 1 P.east.T. Backup VHF and 1 P.east.T. Backup UHF in both tower and approach need more backup radios because when this happens and have traffic situation on different frequency could cause major problems. Apr/sun/99, ATC has been advised that an rtr site (microphone.10) processor indicated a power failure 8 days ago, however the backup generator ran out of gas because it was in backup mode for 8 days which caused apr/sat/99, loss of transmitters. Solution: more P.east.T. 2000 backup radios. Monitor backup generator.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SAV CTLR RPTS THAT TWR TRACON XMITTER EQUIP FAILURE CAUSED DUE TO LACK OF BACKUP EQUIP SUSTAINABLE FUEL RESERVES.
Narrative: THIS INFO WAS GIVEN TO ME BY FELLOW CTLRS WHO I AM WRITING THIS NASA RPT FOR. I WAS NOT WORKING THIS DAY. APR/SAT/99, XA00 LOSS OF ALL XMITTERS MAIN AND STANDBY, 6 FREQS IN TWR, 7 FREQS IN APCH. HOWEVER 1 P.E.T. BACKUP VHF AND 1 P.E.T. BACKUP UHF IN BOTH TWR AND APCH NEED MORE BACKUP RADIOS BECAUSE WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND HAVE TFC SIT ON DIFFERENT FREQ COULD CAUSE MAJOR PROBS. APR/SUN/99, ATC HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT AN RTR SITE (MIC.10) PROCESSOR INDICATED A PWR FAILURE 8 DAYS AGO, HOWEVER THE BACKUP GENERATOR RAN OUT OF GAS BECAUSE IT WAS IN BACKUP MODE FOR 8 DAYS WHICH CAUSED APR/SAT/99, LOSS OF XMITTERS. SOLUTION: MORE P.E.T. 2000 BACKUP RADIOS. MONITOR BACKUP GENERATOR.
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.