D10 controller expressed concern with ongoing equipment failures.

Attributes
ACN	719515
Time
Date	200611
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : d10.tracon
State Reference	TX
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 19 controller time certified in position1 : 6
ASRS Report	719515
Events
Independent Detector	other controllera
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance FAA
Primary Problem	ATC Facility
Situations
ATC Facility	communication equipment : d10.tracon radar equipment : d10.tracon

Narrative:

The following equipment problems continue to plague D10 and continue to slowly erode safety and performance. On nov/mon/06 frequency 119.87 main transmitter failed. On or about nov/tue/06 frequency 124.25 taken OTS due to bleed-through. On nov/mon/06 at XF30 the east radar failed. On nov/fri/06 XA50 east radar failed again. Safety is compromised.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: D10 CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH ONGOING EQUIP FAILURES.

Narrative: THE FOLLOWING EQUIP PROBS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE D10 AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY ERODE SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE. ON NOV/MON/06 FREQ 119.87 MAIN XMITTER FAILED. ON OR ABOUT NOV/TUE/06 FREQ 124.25 TAKEN OTS DUE TO BLEED-THROUGH. ON NOV/MON/06 AT XF30 THE E RADAR FAILED. ON NOV/FRI/06 XA50 E RADAR FAILED AGAIN. SAFETY IS COMPROMISED.

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.