Controller experienced complete narrow band radar failure.

Attributes
ACN	165374
Time
Date	199012
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mjzs
State Reference	PR
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sju
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 9 controller radar : 7
ASRS Report	165374
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

While working west control from the T-34 position, pvd #XXXX had complete narrow band radar failure and never recovered. At the time 5 aircraft were on vectors for the ILS approach. This problem has happened before at the west control position.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CTLR EXPERIENCED COMPLETE NARROW BAND RADAR FAILURE.

Narrative: WHILE WORKING W CTL FROM THE T-34 POS, PVD #XXXX HAD COMPLETE NARROW BAND RADAR FAILURE AND NEVER RECOVERED. AT THE TIME 5 ACFT WERE ON VECTORS FOR THE ILS APCH. THIS PROB HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AT THE W CTL POS.

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