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Reported power outage lasting 30 mins resulted in the loss of radar, fdep and WX equipment. The arresting cable for military fighters was locked in the up position. No civilian aircraft wanted to land or takeoff over the cable. There is no effective backup (power).
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 368182 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : acy |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 9 |
| ASRS Report | 368182 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
A power outage caused a complete loss of radar, fdep, and WX equipment. The arresting cables used for military fighter aircraft raised and locked in the up position. This meant no civilian aircraft wanted to land or depart over the cable, effectively closing the airport for 30 mins. I feel it is a safety issue that power outages occur here at atlantic city airport and there is no effective backup. There is a better power system for homes than there is for an international airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTED PWR OUTAGE LASTING 30 MINS RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF RADAR, FDEP AND WX EQUIP. THE ARRESTING CABLE FOR MIL FIGHTERS WAS LOCKED IN THE UP POS. NO CIVILIAN ACFT WANTED TO LAND OR TKOF OVER THE CABLE. THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE BACKUP (PWR).
Narrative: A PWR OUTAGE CAUSED A COMPLETE LOSS OF RADAR, FDEP, AND WX EQUIP. THE ARRESTING CABLES USED FOR MIL FIGHTER ACFT RAISED AND LOCKED IN THE UP POS. THIS MEANT NO CIVILIAN ACFT WANTED TO LAND OR DEPART OVER THE CABLE, EFFECTIVELY CLOSING THE ARPT FOR 30 MINS. I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT PWR OUTAGES OCCUR HERE AT ATLANTIC CITY ARPT AND THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE BACKUP. THERE IS A BETTER PWR SYS FOR HOMES THAN THERE IS FOR AN INTL ARPT.
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.