An lax tower controller reports of a stuck microphone on the ground control frequency and not having the ability to use a direction finder to track down the stuck microphone.

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Attributes
ACN	1246304
Time
Date	201503
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Function	Ground
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 18
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We had a stuck mike on ground control 1 freq 121.75 for about 1 and 1/2 hours. No one even tried to go out and look for it. After discussing it with the front line manager (flm) it seems that no one even has equipment or the ability to locate stuck mikes on lax airport any more. That needs to be resolved. Many close calls. We had a go around and almost had a couple more. Someone on the airfield needs to be responsible for locating stuck mikes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An LAX Tower Controller reports of a stuck microphone on the Ground Control frequency and not having the ability to use a direction finder to track down the stuck microphone.

Narrative: We had a stuck mike on Ground Control 1 freq 121.75 for about 1 and 1/2 hours. No one even tried to go out and look for it. After discussing it with the Front Line Manager (FLM) it seems that no one even has equipment or the ability to locate stuck mikes on LAX airport any more. That needs to be resolved. Many close calls. We had a go around and almost had a couple more. Someone on the airfield needs to be responsible for locating stuck mikes.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.