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ZHU controller described a restricted area incursion when intra and inter facility coordination was incomplete.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1035911 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201209 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZHU.ARTCC |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Returned from break and was relieving the ocean east d-side. Air carrier X was in hand off mode to miami center and deviating over 20 miles south of course. I asked d-side if he needed a point out to key west sector and the r-side advised she was on line with miami coordinating. So his replied was handled and left. Miami controller advised r-side W174 active and R79 advised that we did not even show it scheduled. Then R79 asked the A319 if able left 10 degrees left turn and pilot responded no. I advised houston missions who did not show W174 active. Advised W174 was active and miami missions had not advised houston missions who had not advised us. I advised that the A319 was unable turn due to weather and we needed airspace capped immediately. I recommend airspace that [was] originally part of miami center at 8600W be returned to miami center. It should have never been assigned to houston center and is fraught with danger due to military airspace and lack of communication between centers and causes both coordination with airspace and radio and radar communication errors. This is not the first occurrence over military airspace activity and numerous times we are not advised of radar outages either.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZHU Controller described a restricted area incursion when intra and inter facility coordination was incomplete.
Narrative: Returned from break and was relieving the Ocean East D-Side. ACR X was in hand off mode to Miami Center and deviating over 20 miles south of course. I asked D-Side if he needed a point out to Key West Sector and the R-Side advised she was on line with Miami coordinating. So his replied was handled and left. Miami Controller advised R-Side W174 active and R79 advised that we did not even show it scheduled. Then R79 asked the A319 if able left 10 degrees left turn and pilot responded no. I advised Houston Missions who did not show W174 active. Advised W174 was active and Miami Missions had not advised Houston Missions who had not advised us. I advised that the A319 was unable turn due to weather and we needed airspace capped immediately. I recommend Airspace that [was] originally part of Miami Center at 8600W be returned to Miami Center. It should have never been assigned to Houston Center and is fraught with danger due to Military Airspace and lack of communication between Centers and causes both coordination with airspace and radio and radar communication errors. This is not the first occurrence over Military Airspace activity and numerous times we are not advised of RADAR outages either.
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.