Radar outage reported due to failure of the video compression unit. Radar was OTS for over an hour.

Attributes
ACN	343810
Time
Date	199608
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ggg
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zysh
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	343810
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	oversight : supervisor
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

Video compression unit failure resulting in total primary and secondary radar outage. Numerous aircraft affected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RADAR OUTAGE RPTED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE VIDEO COMPRESSION UNIT. RADAR WAS OTS FOR OVER AN HR.

Narrative: VIDEO COMPRESSION UNIT FAILURE RESULTING IN TOTAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RADAR OUTAGE. NUMEROUS ACFT AFFECTED.

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.