ZMA controller concerned with lack of coordination for grand turk radar shutdown.

Attributes
ACN	561941
Time
Date	200210
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zma.artcc
State Reference	FL
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller non radar : 14 controller radar : 13
ASRS Report	561941
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Intra Facility Coordination Failure
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : zma.artcc

Narrative:

The grand turk radar was taken down with no memo distributed and no coordination prior to shift. Support staff knew this information and failed to disseminate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZMA CTLR CONCERNED WITH LACK OF COORD FOR GRAND TURK RADAR SHUTDOWN.

Narrative: THE GRAND TURK RADAR WAS TAKEN DOWN WITH NO MEMO DISTRIBUTED AND NO COORD PRIOR TO SHIFT. SUPPORT STAFF KNEW THIS INFO AND FAILED TO DISSEMINATE.

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.