<< >> NASA ASRS Report 454778, November 1999

ARTCC controller at ZTL claims a particular radar site is causing the radar to frequently malfunction.

Attributes
ACN	454778
Time
Date	199911
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ztl.artcc
State Reference	GA
Environment
Light	Dawn
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time total : 1000
ASRS Report	454778
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Navigational Facility ATC Human Performance ATC Facility
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Situations
ATC Facility	radar equipment : ztl.artcc

Narrative:

The linconton radar site is causing a massive amount of radar jumps/split beacons and false beacons on the macey 2 arrival into atl. This has been reported by myself at least 30 times in the last 2 weeks. The controllers do not know where the aircraft is at. In my opinion, this is unsafe.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ARTCC CTLR AT ZTL CLAIMS A PARTICULAR RADAR SITE IS CAUSING THE RADAR TO FREQUENTLY MALFUNCTION.

Narrative: THE LINCONTON RADAR SITE IS CAUSING A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF RADAR JUMPS/SPLIT BEACONS AND FALSE BEACONS ON THE MACEY 2 ARR INTO ATL. THIS HAS BEEN RPTED BY MYSELF AT LEAST 30 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WKS. THE CTLRS DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE ACFT IS AT. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS UNSAFE.

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.