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ATCT local controller complaint about the radio communications equipment faulting from static electricity.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 388705 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : san |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| ASRS Report | 388705 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Stvs (radio/communications equipment) 'faults' due to static electricity. One of these faults occurred while I was working local control position. An aircraft was rolling out on the runway, I had just instructed another air carrier aircraft to 'taxi into position and hold' with another aircraft on 3 mi final when the communication outage occurred. This is extremely unsafe -- it is happening often in all the position in the cabin attendant. In addition, the process to reset the frequency is distracting and cumbersome -- something the manufacturer did not plan on.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATCT LCL CTLR COMPLAINT ABOUT THE RADIO COMS EQUIP FAULTING FROM STATIC ELECTRICITY.
Narrative: STVS (RADIO/COMS EQUIP) 'FAULTS' DUE TO STATIC ELECTRICITY. ONE OF THESE FAULTS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS WORKING LCL CTL POS. AN ACFT WAS ROLLING OUT ON THE RWY, I HAD JUST INSTRUCTED ANOTHER ACR ACFT TO 'TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD' WITH ANOTHER ACFT ON 3 MI FINAL WHEN THE COM OUTAGE OCCURRED. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE -- IT IS HAPPENING OFTEN IN ALL THE POS IN THE CAB. IN ADDITION, THE PROCESS TO RESET THE FREQ IS DISTRACTING AND CUMBERSOME -- SOMETHING THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PLAN ON.
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.