<< >> NASA ASRS Report 410968, August 1998

TRACON approach controller concerned with FAA maintenance remark when asked why maintenance needed to take radar down for maintenance.

Attributes
ACN	410968
Time
Date	199808
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : row
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	410968
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Intra Facility Coordination Failure other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

Airways facilities in roswell wanted to take row radar down for approximately 2 hours beginning at approximately XA30. This was a friday which tends to be our busiest day, in a time period when there was a better than even chance that we would get busy with military aircraft during this time. When airways facilities was asked why they could not do this at night as other facilities did, their response was, 'we don't work at night.'

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRACON APCH CTLR CONCERNED WITH FAA MAINT REMARK WHEN ASKED WHY MAINT NEEDED TO TAKE RADAR DOWN FOR MAINT.

Narrative: AIRWAYS FACILITIES IN ROSWELL WANTED TO TAKE ROW RADAR DOWN FOR APPROX 2 HRS BEGINNING AT APPROX XA30. THIS WAS A FRIDAY WHICH TENDS TO BE OUR BUSIEST DAY, IN A TIME PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS A BETTER THAN EVEN CHANCE THAT WE WOULD GET BUSY WITH MIL ACFT DURING THIS TIME. WHEN AIRWAYS FACILITIES WAS ASKED WHY THEY COULD NOT DO THIS AT NIGHT AS OTHER FACILITIES DID, THEIR RESPONSE WAS, 'WE DON'T WORK AT NIGHT.'

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.