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Controller reports that several frequencys were acting up requiring maintenance to work on equipment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 241550 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199305 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : n90 |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 4 |
| ASRS Report | 241550 |
| 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:
On or about may/mon/93 frequency 121.5 in ewr was released to maintenance due to equipment problems. 121.5 was patched into ewr sector from a transmitter at lga into 1 position only. 5 other position were left without 121.5 as a frequency option. On may/XXX/93 frequency 119.2 was reported unreadable and was also released to maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTLR RPTS THAT SEVERAL FREQS WERE ACTING UP REQUIRING MAINT TO WORK ON EQUIP.
Narrative: ON OR ABOUT MAY/MON/93 FREQ 121.5 IN EWR WAS RELEASED TO MAINT DUE TO EQUIP PROBS. 121.5 WAS PATCHED INTO EWR SECTOR FROM A XMITTER AT LGA INTO 1 POS ONLY. 5 OTHER POS WERE LEFT WITHOUT 121.5 AS A FREQ OPTION. ON MAY/XXX/93 FREQ 119.2 WAS RPTED UNREADABLE AND WAS ALSO RELEASED TO MAINT.
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.