ATC equipment problem radar ASR-9 beacon.

Attributes
ACN	273313
Time
Date	199406
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : clt
State Reference	NC
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : stl
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 8
ASRS Report	273313
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

There were numerous radar beacon problems at charlotte approach control today. Aircraft data tags were dropping off the radar scopes, there were numerous data tags going into coast, and many data tags were jumping as far as 10 to 15 mi away from the aircraft's actual primary radar target. This is very distracting to the controllers and causes a serious safety problem during busy times.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC EQUIP PROB RADAR ASR-9 BEACON.

Narrative: THERE WERE NUMEROUS RADAR BEACON PROBS AT CHARLOTTE APCH CTL TODAY. ACFT DATA TAGS WERE DROPPING OFF THE RADAR SCOPES, THERE WERE NUMEROUS DATA TAGS GOING INTO COAST, AND MANY DATA TAGS WERE JUMPING AS FAR AS 10 TO 15 MI AWAY FROM THE ACFT'S ACTUAL PRIMARY RADAR TARGET. THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING TO THE CTLRS AND CAUSES A SERIOUS SAFETY PROB DURING BUSY TIMES.

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.