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Mci TRACON controller, concerned with 'arbitrary fading' ARTS radar display, perceives situation as a safety and operational hazard.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411240 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199802 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mci |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 4 |
| ASRS Report | 411240 |
| 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 | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
Narrative:
The alpha numeric display at the departure/arrival east radar began arbitrarily fading in and out and in one instance completely disappeared. The safety and operational hazard associated with this are obvious and should not be tolerated.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MCI TRACON CTLR, CONCERNED WITH 'ARBITRARY FADING' ARTS RADAR DISPLAY, PERCEIVES SIT AS A SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL HAZARD.
Narrative: THE ALPHA NUMERIC DISPLAY AT THE DEP/ARR E RADAR BEGAN ARBITRARILY FADING IN AND OUT AND IN ONE INSTANCE COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED. THE SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ARE OBVIOUS AND SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED.
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.