Fgt was issued a descent and entered a restricted area without prior approval.

Attributes
ACN	110921
Time
Date	198905
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mcb
State Reference	MS
Altitude	msl bound lower : 26000 msl bound upper : 27000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Fighter
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	110921
Person 2
Affiliation	government : military
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : military
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Intra Facility Coordination Failure Operational Deviation

Narrative:

An altrv eastbound was in the block FL270-FL290. R4401 was active FL290 below, however it was capped at FL260 for the altrv. The flight wanted to break up and were over the restr area. The data block used to denote the restr area was suppressed from the scope. Aircraft was cleared to FL260 to obtain vertical sep with remainder of altrv. Flight entered R4401 at FL260 and remained within the confines for 50 seconds. Altrvs should file flight plan for anticipated breakups. This would reduce the confusion factor. Also, not trying to accommodate the pilot as quickly would have helped the situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FGT WAS ISSUED A DESCENT AND ENTERED A RESTRICTED AREA WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL.

Narrative: AN ALTRV EBND WAS IN THE BLOCK FL270-FL290. R4401 WAS ACTIVE FL290 BELOW, HOWEVER IT WAS CAPPED AT FL260 FOR THE ALTRV. THE FLT WANTED TO BREAK UP AND WERE OVER THE RESTR AREA. THE DATA BLOCK USED TO DENOTE THE RESTR AREA WAS SUPPRESSED FROM THE SCOPE. ACFT WAS CLRED TO FL260 TO OBTAIN VERT SEP WITH REMAINDER OF ALTRV. FLT ENTERED R4401 AT FL260 AND REMAINED WITHIN THE CONFINES FOR 50 SECS. ALTRVS SHOULD FILE FLT PLAN FOR ANTICIPATED BREAKUPS. THIS WOULD REDUCE THE CONFUSION FACTOR. ALSO, NOT TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE PLT AS QUICKLY WOULD HAVE HELPED THE SITUATION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.