Controller complaint about maintenance procedures and lack of coordination between af and controller...

Attributes
ACN	95199
Time
Date	198809
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cos
State Reference	CO
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 3
ASRS Report	95199
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

The maintenance procedures at cos ATC tower are deficient and hazardous to aviation safety. In the past year, several unsatisfactory condition reports have been filed, not on the equipment, but on the methods used to repair and test this equipment. All maintenance at cos ATC tower is accomplished during peak traffic hours. Because of this fact, an inefficient traffic flow results, public service declines, and a less safe operation is apparent. Recently, breakdown in communication between arwy facs and controllers has resulted in unsafe situations. Some examples of these situations are controllers working with primary radar only much longer than necessary, equipment being taken OTS west/O warning or previous coordination, maintenance technicians neglecting to advise controllers that needed equipment is returned to service, inability to locate a maintenance technician upon equipment failure, and slow response by maintenance to equipment problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CTLR COMPLAINT ABOUT MAINTENANCE PROCS AND LACK OF COORD BETWEEN AF AND CTLR PERSONNEL.

Narrative: THE MAINT PROCS AT COS ATC TWR ARE DEFICIENT AND HAZARDOUS TO AVIATION SAFETY. IN THE PAST YEAR, SEVERAL UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION RPTS HAVE BEEN FILED, NOT ON THE EQUIP, BUT ON THE METHODS USED TO REPAIR AND TEST THIS EQUIP. ALL MAINT AT COS ATC TWR IS ACCOMPLISHED DURING PEAK TFC HRS. BECAUSE OF THIS FACT, AN INEFFICIENT TFC FLOW RESULTS, PUBLIC SVC DECLINES, AND A LESS SAFE OPERATION IS APPARENT. RECENTLY, BREAKDOWN IN COM BTWN ARWY FACS AND CTLRS HAS RESULTED IN UNSAFE SITUATIONS. SOME EXAMPLES OF THESE SITUATIONS ARE CTLRS WORKING WITH PRIMARY RADAR ONLY MUCH LONGER THAN NECESSARY, EQUIP BEING TAKEN OTS W/O WARNING OR PREVIOUS COORD, MAINT TECHNICIANS NEGLECTING TO ADVISE CTLRS THAT NEEDED EQUIP IS RETURNED TO SVC, INABILITY TO LOCATE A MAINT TECHNICIAN UPON EQUIP FAILURE, AND SLOW RESPONSE BY MAINT TO EQUIP PROBS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.

Controller complaint about maintenance procedures and lack of coordination between af and controller personnel.