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Facility had no radar for 15 mins when channel a failed during period when channel B was released to maintenance and subsequent use of other radar system failed after 5 mins.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336580 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 6 |
| ASRS Report | 336580 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During a busy departure push we lost channel a of our radar. Channel B was released for maintenance. We went to fll radar and 5 mins later it failed. For 15 mins we had no radar. I believe that the radar should be released for maintenance only during midnight shifts.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FACILITY HAD NO RADAR FOR 15 MINS WHEN CHANNEL A FAILED DURING PERIOD WHEN CHANNEL B WAS RELEASED TO MAINT AND SUBSEQUENT USE OF OTHER RADAR SYS FAILED AFTER 5 MINS.
Narrative: DURING A BUSY DEP PUSH WE LOST CHANNEL A OF OUR RADAR. CHANNEL B WAS RELEASED FOR MAINT. WE WENT TO FLL RADAR AND 5 MINS LATER IT FAILED. FOR 15 MINS WE HAD NO RADAR. I BELIEVE THAT THE RADAR SHOULD BE RELEASED FOR MAINT ONLY DURING MIDNIGHT SHIFTS.
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.