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Sju TRACON controller questioned ATIS lack of information regarding continued primary radar outage information.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 771039 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200701 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sju.tracon |
| State Reference | PR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 7 controller time certified in position1 : 7 |
| ASRS Report | 771039 |
| Events | |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA |
| Primary Problem | FAA |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | radar equipment : sju.tracon |
Narrative:
San juan ASR8 primary radar has been OTS for weeks. We are using secondary radar. I listened to the san juan airport recorded ATIS. They were not advertising this outage; which makes me wonder if they never did from the start.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SJU TRACON CTLR QUESTIONED ATIS LACK OF INFO REGARDING CONTINUED PRIMARY RADAR OUTAGE INFO.
Narrative: SAN JUAN ASR8 PRIMARY RADAR HAS BEEN OTS FOR WKS. WE ARE USING SECONDARY RADAR. I LISTENED TO THE SAN JUAN ARPT RECORDED ATIS. THEY WERE NOT ADVERTISING THIS OUTAGE; WHICH MAKES ME WONDER IF THEY NEVER DID FROM THE START.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.