P31 supervisor reports on severed communication lines with other ATC facility.

Attributes
ACN	529693
Time
Date	200111
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : p31.tracon
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller limited radar : 3 controller non radar : 3 controller radar : 9
ASRS Report	529693
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Facility Company Maintenance Human Performance Navigational Facility
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

At approximately XA30, an airport contractor cut an under ground cable. Our frequencys and landlines were temporarily lost. Upon reconfign of the icss, several frequencys and landlines, and all communications with pns tower were still OTS. The system, for the most part, were restored around XC30. However, we have been experiencing continuing frequency problems ever since the cable was severed. Also, the airport contractor cut the same cable the next day, jan/tue/01, but the outage was of shorter duration.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: P31 SUPVR RPTS ON SEVERED COM LINES WITH OTHER ATC FACILITY.

Narrative: AT APPROX XA30, AN ARPT CONTRACTOR CUT AN UNDER GND CABLE. OUR FREQS AND LANDLINES WERE TEMPORARILY LOST. UPON RECONFIGN OF THE ICSS, SEVERAL FREQS AND LANDLINES, AND ALL COMS WITH PNS TWR WERE STILL OTS. THE SYS, FOR THE MOST PART, WERE RESTORED AROUND XC30. HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING CONTINUING FREQ PROBS EVER SINCE THE CABLE WAS SEVERED. ALSO, THE ARPT CONTRACTOR CUT THE SAME CABLE THE NEXT DAY, JAN/TUE/01, BUT THE OUTAGE WAS OF SHORTER DURATION.

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.