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Approach controller at N90 reported a major but brief air-ground failure resulted in tone injury to operational personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 455780 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199911 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : n90.tracon |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time total : 450 |
| ASRS Report | 455780 |
| Events | |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
At approximately XA50 on nov/xa/99, there was a major disruption of air-ground communications and radar data throughout all position of the new york TRACON. The problem appears to have been caused by an as yet unidentified failure in the mci telephone company system. Although the disruption was relatively brief, injury to operational personnel ('tone' injury) was sustained. Rptedly, problems persisted intermittently throughout the night.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: APCH CTLR AT N90 RPTED A MAJOR BUT BRIEF AIR-GND FAILURE RESULTED IN TONE INJURY TO OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL.
Narrative: AT APPROX XA50 ON NOV/XA/99, THERE WAS A MAJOR DISRUPTION OF AIR-GND COMS AND RADAR DATA THROUGHOUT ALL POS OF THE NEW YORK TRACON. THE PROB APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AN AS YET UNIDENTIFIED FAILURE IN THE MCI TELCO SYS. ALTHOUGH THE DISRUPTION WAS RELATIVELY BRIEF, INJURY TO OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL ('TONE' INJURY) WAS SUSTAINED. RPTEDLY, PROBS PERSISTED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
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.