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TRACON controller complaint on radar scope failure at the pacific radar sector at socal TRACON. The sector handles sna departures and arrs and over traffic in the sna area. Reporter cites this as the third failure in the last 45 days.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 382947 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sna |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : san |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : san |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | controller military : 10 controller radar : 10 flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 382947 |
| 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:
Pacific radar sector at socal approach had a radar scope failure. Pacific controls sna departures, overflts between lax and san, MCAS el toro arrs, and VFR traffic up and down the coast. This is the third radar failure at this position in 1 1/2 months.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TRACON CTLR COMPLAINT ON RADAR SCOPE FAILURE AT THE PACIFIC RADAR SECTOR AT SOCAL TRACON. THE SECTOR HANDLES SNA DEPS AND ARRS AND OVER TFC IN THE SNA AREA. RPTR CITES THIS AS THE THIRD FAILURE IN THE LAST 45 DAYS.
Narrative: PACIFIC RADAR SECTOR AT SOCAL APCH HAD A RADAR SCOPE FAILURE. PACIFIC CTLS SNA DEPS, OVERFLTS BTWN LAX AND SAN, MCAS EL TORO ARRS, AND VFR TFC UP AND DOWN THE COAST. THIS IS THE THIRD RADAR FAILURE AT THIS POS IN 1 1/2 MONTHS.
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.