Nct controller described a heavy separation event involving sfo arrival aircraft and a photo mission...

Narrative:

Working a VFR cessna wanting to photo shoot up and down the san mateo bridge at 1;000 AGL which would take him around 3-4 miles outside my airspace and across the sfo 5-6 mile final; I completed a point out with both the foster and woodside sectors working the sfo finals and verbally coordinated the cessna's intentions as well; gave the cessna a bravo clearance and approved his request VFR (at or below) aob 1;000 ft. I failed to make a point out to sfo tower thinking he would stay outside of 5 mile final. I became aware today that 2 heavy's on final to sfo descended below 2;000 ft in proximity to the cessna. I was not aware of the type aircraft on the very busy sfo final; nor did the final controllers there make me aware of their traffic so I didn't issue traffic calls; was very busy with my sector at the time as well. In hindsight I would have handed the cessna off to the sfo final controllers; barring that I would have made sfo tower aware of the traffic as well. I believe the sfo final controllers should have been restricting their traffic above the operating cessna and made me aware of conflicting traffic so I could have had the time to issue it and obtain visual with the heavy's.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NCT Controller described a heavy separation event involving SFO arrival aircraft and a photo mission aircraft near the SFO 5 mile final point; the reporter acknowledging the SFO Final Controllers should have handled the aircraft.

Narrative: Working a VFR Cessna wanting to photo shoot up and down the San Mateo Bridge at 1;000 AGL which would take him around 3-4 miles outside my airspace and across the SFO 5-6 mile final; I completed a point out with both the Foster and Woodside Sectors working the SFO finals and verbally coordinated the Cessna's intentions as well; gave the Cessna a Bravo clearance and approved his request VFR (At Or Below) AOB 1;000 FT. I failed to make a point out to SFO Tower thinking he would stay outside of 5 mile final. I became aware today that 2 heavy's on final to SFO descended below 2;000 FT in proximity to the Cessna. I was not aware of the type aircraft on the very busy SFO final; nor did the Final Controllers there make me aware of their traffic so I didn't issue traffic calls; was very busy with my sector at the time as well. In hindsight I would have handed the Cessna off to the SFO Final Controllers; barring that I would have made SFO Tower aware of the traffic as well. I believe the SFO Final Controllers should have been restricting their traffic above the operating Cessna and made me aware of conflicting traffic so I could have had the time to issue it and obtain visual with the heavy's.

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	1043925
Time
Date	201210
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SFO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Approach Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Nct controller described a heavy separation event involving sfo arrival aircraft and a photo mission aircraft near the sfo 5 mile final point; the reporter acknowledging the sfo final controllers should have handled the aircraft.