Mkg controller reports that he forgot to let a relieving controller know that an aircraft had just l...

Narrative:

During the relief briefing I failed to brief the relieving controller that aircraft X had made an instrument approach to lwa and that mkg approach was still waiting for his cancellation. 15 minutes later south bend approach called asking about the block that we had established over lwa. My relief said that they would find out about it; and a few minutes later south bend called to inform us that flight service had called them with the cancellation.I will be more vigilant about aircraft that drop off the scope and still require my attention. I was training at the time; and the scope setup that the trainee uses is different than mine. On my scope setup; I have the dropped aircraft tags appear right over the lwa and biv airports so that I am reminded that I need to get their cancellations. I also put the strip in a spot at an angle in the bay so that I remember to take care of it; or brief the status. Since these things are not done by everyone; I missed the information and it was not passed to the next controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MKG Controller reports that he forgot to let a relieving Controller know that an aircraft had just landed at an airport in their jurisdiction; but did not cancel IFR. Relieving Controller did not know about this until quired by another Controller as to why the airport airspace was blocked.

Narrative: During the relief briefing I failed to brief the relieving Controller that Aircraft X had made an instrument approach to LWA and that MKG Approach was still waiting for his cancellation. 15 Minutes later South Bend Approach called asking about the block that we had established over LWA. My relief said that they would find out about it; and a few minutes later South Bend called to inform us that Flight Service had called them with the cancellation.I will be more vigilant about aircraft that drop off the scope and still require my attention. I was training at the time; and the scope setup that the trainee uses is different than mine. On my scope setup; I have the dropped aircraft tags appear right over the LWA and BIV airports so that I am reminded that I need to get their cancellations. I also put the strip in a spot at an angle in the bay so that I remember to take care of it; or brief the status. Since these things are not done by everyone; I missed the information and it was not passed to the next controller.

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Attributes
ACN	1181373
Time
Date	201406
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MKG.Airport
State Reference	MI
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 2 Eng Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach Instructor
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 5
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Mkg controller reports that he forgot to let a relieving controller know that an aircraft had just landed at an airport in their jurisdiction; but did not cancel IFR. Relieving controller did not know about this until quired by another controller as to why the airport airspace was blocked.