A complete power failure of radios and radar occurred for approximately 2 minutes at ARTCC facility.

Attributes
ACN	127977
Time
Date	198911
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : rdu
State Reference	NC
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 25
ASRS Report	127977
Person 2
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Lost all radar and radios for 4 mins due to telephone company lines. I was working R36 (rdu high) and stopped all traffic from entering my airspace and held all aircraft that were in my airspace when the failure occurred because the entire center lost everything. Radios returned in about 2 mins, so I was able to issue holding instructions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE OF RADIOS AND RADAR OCCURRED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AT ARTCC FAC.

Narrative: LOST ALL RADAR AND RADIOS FOR 4 MINS DUE TO TELCO LINES. I WAS WORKING R36 (RDU HIGH) AND STOPPED ALL TFC FROM ENTERING MY AIRSPACE AND HELD ALL ACFT THAT WERE IN MY AIRSPACE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED BECAUSE THE ENTIRE CENTER LOST EVERYTHING. RADIOS RETURNED IN ABOUT 2 MINS, SO I WAS ABLE TO ISSUE HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS.

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.