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M03 controller voiced concern regarding the new tower departure coordination procedure noting the tower often fails to coordinate when a data tag fails to acquire.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1059410 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201301 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MEM.Airport |
| State Reference | TN |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach Departure |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Tower gave me an automated rolling call on an A319 departing runway 36C. The data tag for the A319 never acquired because the aircraft was squawking the wrong code instead of the assigned squak code. Although tower can have an aircraft contact departure prior to the data tag acquiring; they must advise the departure controller if the tag does not acquire. In this case the tower never called. Previously; the tower controller was responsible to ensure the data tag of each departure acquired before switching that aircraft to the departure controller. I have no idea why this procedure was changed; but since the change; tower often fails to call when the data tag fails to acquire.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: M03 Controller voiced concern regarding the new Tower departure coordination procedure noting the Tower often fails to coordinate when a Data Tag fails to acquire.
Narrative: Tower gave me an automated rolling call on an A319 departing Runway 36C. The Data Tag for the A319 never acquired because the aircraft was squawking the wrong code instead of the assigned squak code. Although Tower can have an aircraft contact Departure prior to the Data Tag acquiring; they must advise the Departure Controller if the tag does not acquire. In this case the Tower never called. Previously; the Tower Controller was responsible to ensure the Data Tag of each departure acquired before switching that aircraft to the Departure Controller. I have no idea why this procedure was changed; but since the change; Tower often fails to call when the Data Tag fails to acquire.
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.