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ATCT controller concerned with recent ARTS iia MSAW equipment modifications, causing a significant increase in false alerts. Controller believes this will develop non responsive conditioning to alerts, and an aircraft low on the approach may be overlooked.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 396412 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : bgr |
| State Reference | ME |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bgr tower : ord |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 9 controller radar : 6 |
| ASRS Report | 396412 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
The MSAW on the bgr ARTS alarms for all aircraft on the ILS approach to runway 15 at bgr. If this condition is not corrected, an aircraft which is low on the approach may not be idented as such.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATCT CTLR CONCERNED WITH RECENT ARTS IIA MSAW EQUIP MODIFICATIONS, CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FALSE ALERTS. CTLR BELIEVES THIS WILL DEVELOP NON RESPONSIVE CONDITIONING TO ALERTS, AND AN ACFT LOW ON THE APCH MAY BE OVERLOOKED.
Narrative: THE MSAW ON THE BGR ARTS ALARMS FOR ALL ACFT ON THE ILS APCH TO RWY 15 AT BGR. IF THIS CONDITION IS NOT CORRECTED, AN ACFT WHICH IS LOW ON THE APCH MAY NOT BE IDENTED AS SUCH.
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.