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DC9-15 crew entered mexican airspace after hrl approach controller did not revert to non radar procedures after ATC radar failure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 564525 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200210 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hrl.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : hrl.tracon tower : bos.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 : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 19800 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 564525 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited penetrated airspace flight crew : declared emergency none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Facility ATC Human Performance Airspace Structure FAA |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Deviation other |
Narrative:
Due to a loss of radar vectoring, all aircraft on frequency became concerned with position. When I encountered 'VFR' conditions well past this airport (I was now in mexico), I declared an emergency and vacated 3000 ft to 2000 ft MSL (WX was less than 2500 ft and 10 SM visibility) and proceeded to hrl for a normal landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DC9-15 CREW ENTERED MEXICAN AIRSPACE AFTER HRL APCH CTLR DID NOT REVERT TO NON RADAR PROCS AFTER ATC RADAR FAILURE.
Narrative: DUE TO A LOSS OF RADAR VECTORING, ALL ACFT ON FREQ BECAME CONCERNED WITH POS. WHEN I ENCOUNTERED 'VFR' CONDITIONS WELL PAST THIS ARPT (I WAS NOW IN MEXICO), I DECLARED AN EMER AND VACATED 3000 FT TO 2000 FT MSL (WX WAS LESS THAN 2500 FT AND 10 SM VISIBILITY) AND PROCEEDED TO HRL FOR A NORMAL LNDG.
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.