Recurring loss of ARTS data.

Attributes
ACN	290877
Time
Date	199412
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mem
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bos
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	290877
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Memphis TRACON secondary radar failed 2 times during and at the end of departure push. Towers d-brite failed shortly after the tracons failure. All departures were stopped until the problem was corrected each time. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter indicated that the problem was first thought to be a software problem but turned out to be a hardware problem. Reporter stated that the problem has been rectified with new equipment.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RECURRING LOSS OF ARTS DATA.

Narrative: MEMPHIS TRACON SECONDARY RADAR FAILED 2 TIMES DURING AND AT THE END OF DEP PUSH. TWRS D-BRITE FAILED SHORTLY AFTER THE TRACONS FAILURE. ALL DEPS WERE STOPPED UNTIL THE PROB WAS CORRECTED EACH TIME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR INDICATED THAT THE PROB WAS FIRST THOUGHT TO BE A SOFTWARE PROB BUT TURNED OUT TO BE A HARDWARE PROB. RPTR STATED THAT THE PROB HAS BEEN RECTIFIED WITH NEW EQUIP.

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.