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A tower controller reported an aircraft and adjacent facilities could not make contact; possibly due to fatigue driven sleeping during a mid-shift.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1479385 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201708 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport High Wing 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Aircraft X attempted to contact the tower to receive an IFR clearance. No response was received from me and he contacted FSS to get the clearance. Still no response from me and then center attempted numerous times to contact me on the shout lines and as well on the phone. I did not respond for 35 minutes as I may have been asleep in the tower due to fatigue brought on by an impending cold. After I responded the aircraft received clearance and departed. The next aircraft that departed took a wrong turn on a taxiway and held short of the wrong runway. I feel as this was unrelated to the fatigue incident. [Recommendation:] identify when I am fatigued and not feeling well and take more breaks during the midshift to alleviate the issue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Tower Controller reported an aircraft and adjacent facilities could not make contact; possibly due to fatigue driven sleeping during a mid-shift.
Narrative: Aircraft X attempted to contact the Tower to receive an IFR Clearance. No response was received from me and he contacted FSS to get the clearance. Still no response from me and then Center attempted numerous times to contact me on the shout lines and as well on the phone. I did not respond for 35 minutes as I may have been asleep in the tower due to fatigue brought on by an impending cold. After I responded the aircraft received clearance and departed. The next aircraft that departed took a wrong turn on a taxiway and held short of the wrong runway. I feel as this was unrelated to the fatigue incident. [Recommendation:] identify when I am fatigued and not feeling well and take more breaks during the midshift to alleviate the issue.
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.