Sat TRACON controller described a possible airspace incursion event when the icss speaker equipment ...

Narrative:

The communication icss for the speaker for the center; austin approach and skf tower failed in the tower. I warned ZHU they did not have a way to call us except for land lines. The equipment went out and in all night long. I believe I told the ZHU and aus to keep aircraft coming because of the equipment failure and everything combined to a small scope in the tower. A FA20 was spun to avoid entering my airspace prior to handoff. The aircraft my have entered my airspace while I was trying to take the handoff. Recommendation; fix the clearance delivery-1 and clearance delivery-2 communication equipment. Teach the controllers how to remap the speakers if this failure happens again and place directions in the controller in charge binder in tower. Have aural alarm on the flashing handoffs that can be turned on and off depending on the volume.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SAT TRACON Controller described a possible airspace incursion event when the ICSS speaker equipment failed; the reporter recommending additional controller training be provided for ICSS programming.

Narrative: The communication ICSS for the speaker for the Center; Austin Approach and SKF Tower failed in the Tower. I warned ZHU they did not have a way to call us except for land lines. The equipment went out and in all night long. I believe I told the ZHU and AUS to keep aircraft coming because of the equipment failure and everything combined to a small scope in the Tower. A FA20 was spun to avoid entering my airspace prior to handoff. The aircraft my have entered my airspace while I was trying to take the handoff. Recommendation; fix the CD-1 and CD-2 communication equipment. Teach the controllers how to remap the speakers if this failure happens again and place directions in the CIC binder in Tower. Have aural alarm on the flashing handoffs that can be turned on and off depending on the volume.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	895241
Time
Date	201006
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SAT.TRACON
State Reference	TX
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Falcon 20FJF/20C/20D/20E/20F
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Sat TRACON controller described a possible airspace incursion event when the icss speaker equipment failed; the reporter recommending additional controller training be provided for icss programming.