ATC equipment problem radar failed.

Attributes
ACN	241979
Time
Date	199305
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zny
State Reference	NY
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 6
ASRS Report	241979
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified atc
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Primary radar outage at ny ARTCC. Loss of NAS radar caused controllers to revert to less efficient darc radar system during busy traffic creating a safety hazard.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC EQUIP PROB RADAR FAILED.

Narrative: PRIMARY RADAR OUTAGE AT NY ARTCC. LOSS OF NAS RADAR CAUSED CTLRS TO REVERT TO LESS EFFICIENT DARC RADAR SYS DURING BUSY TFC CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD.

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.