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Radar controller at far states approach control radar is OTS for about 1 week because of a failed mapper.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 420022 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : far |
| State Reference | ND |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Experience | controller radar : 6 |
| ASRS Report | 420022 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
Narrative:
On nov/wed/98, the mapper for the radar stopped working at fargo's ATCT approach control. This is an outage that needs immediate attention, and get repaired right away. Today is nov/mon/98, the mapper is still OTS. The parts have not been delivered. Approach control is being worked combined in tower cabin attendant on a BRITE scope, with no backup system for the BRITE scope radar. It is projected to take until at least nov/wed/98, 1 full week, to get the problem fixed. Not ideal working conditions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RADAR CTLR AT FAR STATES APCH CTL RADAR IS OTS FOR ABOUT 1 WK BECAUSE OF A FAILED MAPPER.
Narrative: ON NOV/WED/98, THE MAPPER FOR THE RADAR STOPPED WORKING AT FARGO'S ATCT APCH CTL. THIS IS AN OUTAGE THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTN, AND GET REPAIRED RIGHT AWAY. TODAY IS NOV/MON/98, THE MAPPER IS STILL OTS. THE PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN DELIVERED. APCH CTL IS BEING WORKED COMBINED IN TWR CAB ON A BRITE SCOPE, WITH NO BACKUP SYS FOR THE BRITE SCOPE RADAR. IT IS PROJECTED TO TAKE UNTIL AT LEAST NOV/WED/98, 1 FULL WK, TO GET THE PROB FIXED. NOT IDEAL WORKING CONDITIONS.
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.