Distracted by an aircraft target loss; a chs controller described an apparent conflict event claimin...

Attributes
ACN	997353
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CHS.Airport
State Reference	SC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	RV-7
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Narrative:

While working east radar; west radar handed off the R7 to me at 7;000 ft. I gave the R7 the altimeter southwest of the field. The CRJ7 departed runway 15 heading northeast bound. The R7 tagged dropped over the main bang. On initial call I climbed the CRJ7 to 10;000 and handed him off to jax center. The R7 popped-up back on radar; I had enough time to past traffic or turn the R7. The aircraft didn't answer me until after the fourth or fifth call. The new departures off the airport turns are to close to the airport especially when we consistently lose aircraft over the main bang.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Distracted by an aircraft target loss; a CHS Controller described an apparent conflict event claiming a new departure procedure turns aircraft over the RADAR main bang causing aircraft targets to disappear.

Narrative: While working East RADAR; West RADAR handed off the R7 to me at 7;000 FT. I gave the R7 the altimeter southwest of the field. The CRJ7 departed Runway 15 heading northeast bound. The R7 tagged dropped over the main bang. On initial call I climbed the CRJ7 to 10;000 and handed him off to JAX Center. The R7 popped-up back on RADAR; I had enough time to past traffic or turn the R7. The aircraft didn't answer me until after the fourth or fifth call. The new departures off the airport turns are to close to the airport especially when we consistently lose aircraft over the main bang.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Distracted by an aircraft target loss; a chs controller described an apparent conflict event claiming a new departure procedure turns aircraft over the radar main bang causing aircraft targets to disappear.