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Mob controller described loss of ARTS computer and lack of timely access to the equipment room to restart the ARTS program.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 683953 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200601 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mob.tracon |
| State Reference | AL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 22 controller time certified in position1 : 18 controller time certified in position2 : 4 |
| ASRS Report | 683953 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Navigational Facility FAA |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | radar equipment : mob.tracon |
Narrative:
Working mobile approach control; all position combined on the east radar position; the ARTS failed; causing all data blocks to drop off the radar scope. Partial data came back after a couple of mins. Not all data tags reacquired on targets. The east radar scope had no data come back up. The 2 other radar scopes that had only some of the targets tagged would not let us manually tag untagged targets. The cipher lock on the equipment room would not work; so we had to wait for a supervisor to bring a key to get in to reset the ARTS computer. There were 8 aircraft on frequency; but no separation was lost.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MOB CTLR DESCRIBED LOSS OF ARTS COMPUTER AND LACK OF TIMELY ACCESS TO THE EQUIP ROOM TO RESTART THE ARTS PROGRAM.
Narrative: WORKING MOBILE APCH CTL; ALL POS COMBINED ON THE E RADAR POS; THE ARTS FAILED; CAUSING ALL DATA BLOCKS TO DROP OFF THE RADAR SCOPE. PARTIAL DATA CAME BACK AFTER A COUPLE OF MINS. NOT ALL DATA TAGS REACQUIRED ON TARGETS. THE E RADAR SCOPE HAD NO DATA COME BACK UP. THE 2 OTHER RADAR SCOPES THAT HAD ONLY SOME OF THE TARGETS TAGGED WOULD NOT LET US MANUALLY TAG UNTAGGED TARGETS. THE CIPHER LOCK ON THE EQUIP ROOM WOULD NOT WORK; SO WE HAD TO WAIT FOR A SUPVR TO BRING A KEY TO GET IN TO RESET THE ARTS COMPUTER. THERE WERE 8 ACFT ON FREQ; BUT NO SEPARATION WAS LOST.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.