Mia approach controller expressed frustration regarding stars radar equipment.

Attributes
ACN	598045
Time
Date	200310
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mia.tracon
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar pilot : instrument
Experience	controller radar : 21 flight time total : 1500
ASRS Report	598045
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Navigational Facility
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Situations
ATC Facility	radar equipment : mia.tracon

Narrative:

Aircraft were acquiring on the ground at fll. Such departure tags then went to the track suspend list, where they were terminated within 1 min. The above aircraft then departed with no tag available. This created an unsafe situation due to increased controller workload. As such, aircraft had to be manually tagged and handed off to ZMA. The stars equipment at mia is unreliable and at times unsafe.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MIA APCH CTLR EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION REGARDING STARS RADAR EQUIP.

Narrative: ACFT WERE ACQUIRING ON THE GND AT FLL. SUCH DEP TAGS THEN WENT TO THE TRACK SUSPEND LIST, WHERE THEY WERE TERMINATED WITHIN 1 MIN. THE ABOVE ACFT THEN DEPARTED WITH NO TAG AVAILABLE. THIS CREATED AN UNSAFE SIT DUE TO INCREASED CTLR WORKLOAD. AS SUCH, ACFT HAD TO BE MANUALLY TAGGED AND HANDED OFF TO ZMA. THE STARS EQUIP AT MIA IS UNRELIABLE AND AT TIMES 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.