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Inadequate controller training in the revised ZHU airspace was cited as a contributing factor when an emb-145 was cleared direct to its destination through an active jump zone contrary to a revised letter of agreement specifying which ATC entity was responsible for the airspace under those conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1187067 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201407 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | I90.TRACON |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
After being handed off by iah departure to center we were given direct to our destination as we climbed through 11;000 ft. Around 13;000 ft and near lake jackson TCAS alerted us of traffic and a few seconds later an RA was received to descend. We complied with the descent to around 12;000 ft and; after traffic was gone; continued our climb to FL280. I informed ATC we were complying with a RA. After the RA I saw and told ATC type plane (it look like a short 360). After RA we climb we were handed off to next sector and continued to the airport and landed.while sitting on ground operations informed us to contact tower. We called tower who said TRACON wanted to talk to us. The person I spoke to asked me if I saw any skydivers. I said no; all I saw was the plane. He explained that the direct clearance was given too early to us. He said they have a letter of agreement with a skydiving [operation] up to 14;000 ft. ATC never informed us of any traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Inadequate Controller training in the revised ZHU airspace was cited as a contributing factor when an EMB-145 was cleared direct to its destination through an active jump zone contrary to a revised Letter of Agreement specifying which ATC entity was responsible for the airspace under those conditions.
Narrative: After being handed off by IAH Departure to Center we were given direct to our destination as we climbed through 11;000 FT. Around 13;000 FT and near Lake Jackson TCAS alerted us of traffic and a few seconds later an RA was received to descend. We complied with the descent to around 12;000 FT and; after traffic was gone; continued our climb to FL280. I informed ATC we were complying with a RA. After the RA I saw and told ATC type plane (it look like a Short 360). After RA we climb we were handed off to next sector and continued to the airport and landed.While sitting on ground operations informed us to contact Tower. We called Tower who said TRACON wanted to talk to us. The person I spoke to asked me if I saw any skydivers. I said no; all I saw was the plane. He explained that the direct clearance was given too early to us. He said they have a Letter of Agreement with a skydiving [operation] up to 14;000 FT. ATC never informed us of any traffic.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.