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Sav controller described radar anomaly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 777784 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200711 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sav.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Events | |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Navigational Facility |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
Narrative:
The radar channel 'B' appears to be stable but channel 'a' is OTS and with channel 'a' high voltage on; it negatively impacts channel 'B.' aocc requests that sunday morning os/cal advise of the morning status of the ASR. Aocc will not contact sav airways facilities personnel unless it is OTS or the os/controller in charge requests them to.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SAV CTLR DESCRIBED RADAR ANOMALY.
Narrative: THE RADAR CHANNEL 'B' APPEARS TO BE STABLE BUT CHANNEL 'A' IS OTS AND WITH CHANNEL 'A' HIGH VOLTAGE ON; IT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS CHANNEL 'B.' AOCC REQUESTS THAT SUNDAY MORNING OS/CAL ADVISE OF THE MORNING STATUS OF THE ASR. AOCC WILL NOT CONTACT SAV AIRWAYS FACILITIES PERSONNEL UNLESS IT IS OTS OR THE OS/CIC REQUESTS THEM TO.
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.