ATC equipment problem radar asde OTS for 3 days.

Attributes
ACN	293339
Time
Date	199501
Day	Sat
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 8 controller radar : 8
ASRS Report	293339
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:

Airport surface detection equipment (asde) radar inoperable. OTS during severe winter storm with no attempt made at maintenance repair.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC EQUIP PROB RADAR ASDE OTS FOR 3 DAYS.

Narrative: ARPT SURFACE DETECTION EQUIP (ASDE) RADAR INOPERABLE. OTS DURING SEVERE WINTER STORM WITH NO ATTEMPT MADE AT MAINT REPAIR.

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.