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Sju tower back-up frequency transmitter failed. Reporter's complaint is, their main transmitter has been OTS several months.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 428153 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sju.tower |
| State Reference | PR |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Experience | controller military : 8 controller radar : 10 controller time certified in position1 : 1 |
| ASRS Report | 428153 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA |
| Primary Problem | FAA |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | communication equipment : sju.tower |
Narrative:
During the nighttime arrival rush on feb/xa/99, and the morning arrival rush on feb/xb/99, the sju control tower backup transmitter had failed during moderate traffic. Sju control tower main 118.30 transmitter has been out since hurricane george.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SJU TWR BACK-UP FREQ XMITTER FAILED. RPTR'S COMPLAINT IS, THEIR MAIN XMITTER HAS BEEN OTS SEVERAL MONTHS.
Narrative: DURING THE NIGHTTIME ARR RUSH ON FEB/XA/99, AND THE MORNING ARR RUSH ON FEB/XB/99, THE SJU CTL TWR BACKUP XMITTER HAD FAILED DURING MODERATE TFC. SJU CTL TWR MAIN 118.30 XMITTER HAS BEEN OUT SINCE HURRICANE GEORGE.
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.