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Consumer advocate disagrees with ATC instructions when monitoring aex control tower frequency at personal residence.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 448658 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199909 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : aex.airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Experience | controller radar : 3.5 fss specialist : 3.5 |
| ASRS Report | 448658 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : aex.tower |
Narrative:
During the period of time referenced above, there are several instructions given by the local controller on duty using separation techniques authority/authorized for controllers in a radar environment only. However, this is a VFR tower within a class D airspace with no BRITE equipment. Controller issues instruction to a VFR aircraft in left closed traffic to remain within 3 mi of the airport because of a hot restr area west of the field. (Referring to R3801, 5 mi southwest of the field.) controller directs a VFR aircraft to
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CONSUMER ADVOCATE DISAGREES WITH ATC INSTRUCTIONS WHEN MONITORING AEX CTL TWR FREQ AT PERSONAL RESIDENCE.
Narrative: DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME REFED ABOVE, THERE ARE SEVERAL INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE LCL CTLR ON DUTY USING SEPARATION TECHNIQUES AUTH FOR CTLRS IN A RADAR ENVIRONMENT ONLY. HOWEVER, THIS IS A VFR TWR WITHIN A CLASS D AIRSPACE WITH NO BRITE EQUIP. CTLR ISSUES INSTRUCTION TO A VFR ACFT IN L CLOSED TFC TO REMAIN WITHIN 3 MI OF THE ARPT BECAUSE OF A HOT RESTR AREA W OF THE FIELD. (REFERRING TO R3801, 5 MI SW OF THE FIELD.) CTLR DIRECTS A VFR ACFT TO
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.