Crp controller expressed frustration regarding lack of any type of facility windshear equipment.

Attributes
ACN	621545
Time
Date	200406
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : crp.vortac
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Windshear
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : crp.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : developmental
Experience	controller military : 11 controller radar : 16 controller supervisory : 2 controller time certified in position1 : 0.6 flight time total : 250
ASRS Report	621545
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather FAA
Primary Problem	FAA

Narrative:

Aircraft encountered windshear at 400 ft MSL on short final. +25 KT speed increase. Aircraft had no warning due to lack of equipment at crp ATCT. We don't have either an LLWS advisory system or tower in the facility. One of these would have given us an alert we could have passed on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRP CTLR EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION REGARDING LACK OF ANY TYPE OF FACILITY WINDSHEAR EQUIP.

Narrative: ACFT ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR AT 400 FT MSL ON SHORT FINAL. +25 KT SPD INCREASE. ACFT HAD NO WARNING DUE TO LACK OF EQUIP AT CRP ATCT. WE DON'T HAVE EITHER AN LLWS ADVISORY SYS OR TWR IN THE FACILITY. ONE OF THESE WOULD HAVE GIVEN US AN ALERT WE COULD HAVE PASSED ON.

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.