TRACON controller described a flawed relief briefing event that led to approval of approaches to an ...

Narrative:

I opened stk/sta; combined with other sectors. The ILS xxr has been out for sometime at ZZZ and I looked over the ids information and reported I had items 1-8 before taking the position. I never observed the ILS still being out and was never told by the relieving controller it was still out. I had numerous practice approaches during the three sessions I worked on this sector before giving a relief briefing when the controller questioned the ILS status because we had an aircraft going missed for that approach. I stated I thought it was back and he said no it is buried at the bottom of the ids. There it was; ILS xxr OTS ZZZ; I worked close to 3 hours without seeing it and may have cleared an aircraft for that approach. I should have read through the ids more carefully especially knowing that approach had been out for awhile. Recommendation; our ids has 2 areas; most of it is green writing; less important information; but there are a couple lines that are white. I asked that the ILS xxr at ZZZ be moved to the white area so it sticks out. That is an approach we run allot and an airport with allot of practice approaches. Also we report 1-8 all the time but important information such as ILS outage or runway closure should be passed in the briefing even if it has been out for awhile. 1. Make important information visible on the IDS2. Pass information on in briefing even if relieving controller has items 1-8; don't just say you have 1-8.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRACON Controller described a flawed relief briefing event that led to approval of approaches to an 'out of service' ILS; the reporter suggesting improved status displays and relief briefing procedures.

Narrative: I opened STK/STA; combined with other sectors. The ILS XXR has been out for sometime at ZZZ and I looked over the IDS information and reported I had items 1-8 before taking the position. I never observed the ILS still being out and was never told by the relieving controller it was still out. I had numerous practice approaches during the three sessions I worked on this sector before giving a relief briefing when the controller questioned the ILS status because we had an aircraft going missed for that approach. I stated I thought it was back and he said no it is buried at the bottom of the IDS. There it was; ILS XXR OTS ZZZ; I worked close to 3 hours without seeing it and may have cleared an aircraft for that approach. I should have read through the IDS more carefully especially knowing that approach had been out for awhile. Recommendation; our IDS has 2 areas; most of it is green writing; less important information; but there are a couple lines that are white. I asked that the ILS XXR at ZZZ be moved to the white area so it sticks out. That is an approach we run allot and an airport with allot of practice approaches. Also we report 1-8 all the time but important information such as ILS outage or runway closure should be passed in the briefing even if it has been out for awhile. 1. Make important information visible on the IDS2. Pass information on in briefing even if relieving controller has items 1-8; don't just say you have 1-8.

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	976533
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Approach Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

TRACON controller described a flawed relief briefing event that led to approval of approaches to an 'out of service' ILS; the reporter suggesting improved status displays and relief briefing procedures.