ARTS radar failure.

Attributes
ACN	130667
Time
Date	198911
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dfw
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : handoff position
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 6 controller non radar : 6 controller radar : 6 controller supervisory : 1
ASRS Report	130667
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

Complete ARTS failure for an extended amount of time for 1 of the 2 systems involved. The technicians were able to restore 1 and all controllers used it, in lieu of dual radar/computers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ARTS RADAR FAILURE.

Narrative: COMPLETE ARTS FAILURE FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME FOR 1 OF THE 2 SYSTEMS INVOLVED. THE TECHNICIANS WERE ABLE TO RESTORE 1 AND ALL CTLRS USED IT, IN LIEU OF DUAL RADAR/COMPUTERS.

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.