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Controller at stl states that fdio printers are not operating correctly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 345347 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 19 flight time total : 63 |
| ASRS Report | 345347 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Both flight data printers are broken. One doesn't work at all. The other one prints the top line in red and is very hard to read at the radar position. Maintenance has been unable to fix either printer and they have no spare printers or parts.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTLR AT STL STATES THAT FDIO PRINTERS ARE NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY.
Narrative: BOTH FLT DATA PRINTERS ARE BROKEN. ONE DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. THE OTHER ONE PRINTS THE TOP LINE IN RED AND IS VERY HARD TO READ AT THE RADAR POS. MAINT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX EITHER PRINTER AND THEY HAVE NO SPARE PRINTERS OR PARTS.
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.