An unscheduled odaps outrage occurred at ZOA, ca.

Attributes
ACN	521680
Time
Date	200108
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zoa.artcc
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller non radar : 18 controller radar : 18
ASRS Report	521680
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airspace Structure ATC Facility ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Facility

Narrative:

On aug/fri/O1, ZOA oceanic experienced yet another unscheduled odaps outage. At approximately XA30 controller began receiving system startover messages. At approximately XA45, the odaps was shut down and a complete cold start was required, which included a total dump of all flight plans. All flight plans had to be re-input. Normal operations resumed at approximately XD00. This is the third unscheduled odaps outage within a 1 month period (second ucr that has been filed on such outages). ZOA order 7110. 10C requires oceanic controller to view the odaps isd prior to the issuance of an ATC clearance and prior to forwarding xfer of control messages to adjacent facilities or sectors. Since odaps was down, this important safety requirement could not be accomplished.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN UNSCHEDULED ODAPS OUTRAGE OCCURRED AT ZOA, CA.

Narrative: ON AUG/FRI/O1, ZOA OCEANIC EXPERIENCED YET ANOTHER UNSCHEDULED ODAPS OUTAGE. AT APPROX XA30 CTLR BEGAN RECEIVING SYS STARTOVER MESSAGES. AT APPROX XA45, THE ODAPS WAS SHUT DOWN AND A COMPLETE COLD START WAS REQUIRED, WHICH INCLUDED A TOTAL DUMP OF ALL FLT PLANS. ALL FLT PLANS HAD TO BE RE-INPUT. NORMAL OPS RESUMED AT APPROX XD00. THIS IS THE THIRD UNSCHEDULED ODAPS OUTAGE WITHIN A 1 MONTH PERIOD (SECOND UCR THAT HAS BEEN FILED ON SUCH OUTAGES). ZOA ORDER 7110. 10C REQUIRES OCEANIC CTLR TO VIEW THE ODAPS ISD PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF AN ATC CLRNC AND PRIOR TO FORWARDING XFER OF CTL MESSAGES TO ADJACENT FACILITIES OR SECTORS. SINCE ODAPS WAS DOWN, THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY REQUIREMENT COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED.

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.