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A DC9 crew, while on radar vectors to hrl, declared an emergency with hrl tower when unable to contact approach control.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 564400 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200210 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : hrl.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 564400 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Airport ATC Facility |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
Narrative:
On radar vectors to hrl airport, valley approach radio and radar inoperative, we declared an emergency to hrl tower, turned to the airport, got airport in sight. Tower cleared us to land. Come to find out later, valley approach lost all electrical power to their operations. Down about 20+ mins.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9 CREW, WHILE ON RADAR VECTORS TO HRL, DECLARED AN EMER WITH HRL TWR WHEN UNABLE TO CONTACT APCH CTL.
Narrative: ON RADAR VECTORS TO HRL ARPT, VALLEY APCH RADIO AND RADAR INOP, WE DECLARED AN EMER TO HRL TWR, TURNED TO THE ARPT, GOT ARPT IN SIGHT. TWR CLRED US TO LAND. COME TO FIND OUT LATER, VALLEY APCH LOST ALL ELECTRICAL PWR TO THEIR OPS. DOWN ABOUT 20+ MINS.
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.