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F-35 in emergency status descended slower than the enroute controller anticipated; resulting in an airspace violation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1008077 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201205 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Lockheed Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Airspace Violation All Types |
Narrative:
An F35 test flight was climbing out of my airspace. He had changed frequencies to the next sector and declared an emergency. I approved FL190 on a 180 heading. Then I pointed the aircraft out to r-xy and they said 17;000 ft was approved. I called approach to coordinate lower and direct destination. They approved 12;000 ft direct. I issued this clearance; did a quick traffic scan of the rest of my sector and realized the emergency a/c was going to clip r-za before descending into approach. I called on the boundary to point out the aircraft; r-za said point out approved. The aircraft continued descent and landed without any issues. I had an expectation that the aircraft was going to descend more rapidly than it did. A d-side would have helped with the coordination; however there was no one in the area at the time to assist. We were very short staffed for this shift; having an extra person available to work a D side may have helped the situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: F-35 in emergency status descended slower than the enroute Controller anticipated; resulting in an airspace violation.
Narrative: An F35 test flight was climbing out of my airspace. He had changed frequencies to the next sector and declared an emergency. I approved FL190 on a 180 heading. Then I pointed the aircraft out to R-XY and they said 17;000 FT was approved. I called Approach to coordinate lower and direct destination. They approved 12;000 FT direct. I issued this clearance; did a quick traffic scan of the rest of my sector and realized the emergency a/c was going to clip R-ZA before descending into Approach. I called on the boundary to point out the aircraft; R-ZA said point out approved. The aircraft continued descent and landed without any issues. I had an expectation that the aircraft was going to descend more rapidly than it did. A D-side would have helped with the coordination; however there was no one in the area at the time to assist. We were very short staffed for this shift; having an extra person available to work a D side may have helped the situation.
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.