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Mci tower controller described 2 successive occasions when aircraft were not issued mandatory go around when amass asde alerted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 724729 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200701 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mci.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Snow |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| ASRS Report | 724729 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other controllerb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA Navigational Facility |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | computer equipment : mci.tower radar equipment : mci.tower |
Narrative:
Amass/asde alert went off as an air carrier was landing. The alert idented a false target. The next landing; another amass alert went off as another air carrier landed. Both times; it was too late to issue go around instructions; and both times were false targets.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MCI TWR CTLR DESCRIBED 2 SUCCESSIVE OCCASIONS WHEN ACFT WERE NOT ISSUED MANDATORY GAR WHEN AMASS ASDE ALERTED.
Narrative: AMASS/ASDE ALERT WENT OFF AS AN ACR WAS LNDG. THE ALERT IDENTED A FALSE TARGET. THE NEXT LNDG; ANOTHER AMASS ALERT WENT OFF AS ANOTHER ACR LANDED. BOTH TIMES; IT WAS TOO LATE TO ISSUE GAR INSTRUCTIONS; AND BOTH TIMES WERE FALSE TARGETS.
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.