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Radar beacon control panel outage. Controller is unable to bring equipment back up resulting in manual handoffs to ARTCC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 328730 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199602 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz tower : dca |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Hercules (C-130) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 3 flight time total : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 328730 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : military |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : military |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On the evening of feb/xa/96, we discovered that the radar beacon control panel in the tower was not working. It was not fixed by the time I worked the XA00 to XI00 shift on the morning of feb/xe/96. Beacon channel #1 had been logged OTS during the afternoon of feb/xd/96 and was also still not working. At XB20 channel #2 also quit working, and I was not able to try to change channels from the tower. I had to manually handoff a C130 to ZDC and then go downstairs to change channels and try to get one working. At XB40, channel #2 was working again, but intermittently and weakly. Due to budget constrictions, maintenance could not be called in for overtime, so I did not bother to call them, since they already knew about the control panel, and channel #2 came back.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RADAR BEACON CTL PANEL OUTAGE. CTLR IS UNABLE TO BRING EQUIP BACK UP RESULTING IN MANUAL HDOFS TO ARTCC.
Narrative: ON THE EVENING OF FEB/XA/96, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE RADAR BEACON CTL PANEL IN THE TWR WAS NOT WORKING. IT WAS NOT FIXED BY THE TIME I WORKED THE XA00 TO XI00 SHIFT ON THE MORNING OF FEB/XE/96. BEACON CHANNEL #1 HAD BEEN LOGGED OTS DURING THE AFTERNOON OF FEB/XD/96 AND WAS ALSO STILL NOT WORKING. AT XB20 CHANNEL #2 ALSO QUIT WORKING, AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TRY TO CHANGE CHANNELS FROM THE TWR. I HAD TO MANUALLY HDOF A C130 TO ZDC AND THEN GO DOWNSTAIRS TO CHANGE CHANNELS AND TRY TO GET ONE WORKING. AT XB40, CHANNEL #2 WAS WORKING AGAIN, BUT INTERMITTENTLY AND WEAKLY. DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRICTIONS, MAINT COULD NOT BE CALLED IN FOR OVERTIME, SO I DID NOT BOTHER TO CALL THEM, SINCE THEY ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE CTL PANEL, AND CHANNEL #2 CAME BACK.
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.