Tower controller described a potential conflict event when; during the relief briefing; the controll...

Narrative:

I plugged in for a relief briefing. A helicopter was approximately 3 northwest climbing out of 2;500 ft when I first observed the radar display. A CRJ9 was departing runway 2; northwest bound. I was not aware of what heading was assigned to either aircraft. During the relief briefing; departure control requested tower stop the CRJ9 at 2;000 ft. Controller giving relief briefing may not have heard this request because another aircraft was calling at the same time. I heard the request and told controller working local control to stop the CRJ9 at 2;000 ft. Instructions were relayed to pilot. No loss of separation occurred. Local control did not coordinate with departure to make sure they knew we had issued instructions to pilot of the CRJ9. Local control could have maintained better awareness of current traffic while conducting relief briefing. Departure control could have used phraseology 'break for control' to interrupt the 'relief briefing.'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Tower Controller described a potential conflict event when; during the relief briefing; the Controller being relieved failed to maintain awareness of current traffic.

Narrative: I plugged in for a relief briefing. A helicopter was approximately 3 northwest climbing out of 2;500 FT when I first observed the RADAR display. A CRJ9 was departing Runway 2; northwest bound. I was not aware of what heading was assigned to either aircraft. During the relief briefing; Departure Control requested Tower stop the CRJ9 at 2;000 FT. Controller giving relief briefing may not have heard this request because another aircraft was calling at the same time. I heard the request and told Controller working Local Control to stop the CRJ9 at 2;000 FT. Instructions were relayed to pilot. No loss of separation occurred. Local Control did not coordinate with Departure to make sure they knew we had issued instructions to pilot of the CRJ9. Local Control could have maintained better awareness of current traffic while conducting relief briefing. Departure Control could have used phraseology 'break for control' to interrupt the 'RELIEF BRIEFING.'

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1003631
Time
Date	201204
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Tower controller described a potential conflict event when; during the relief briefing; the controller being relieved failed to maintain awareness of current traffic.