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ZBW controller discovers an untagged aircraft in his airspace. Controller tries to identify aircraft and checks on frequency for the aircraft. Controller calls possible previous sector and controller transfers communication to the investigating controller. Controller asks pilot what happened and pilot advised a controller possibly forgot about them.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1237231 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201502 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZBW.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NH |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 27 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I saw an aircraft in my airspace with a code and an altitude that had not been handed off to me. I looked up the code in the computer and saw two flight plans. I attempted to contact the aircraft on my frequency but got no response. I called my controller in charge (controller in charge) over to tell him this was happening and then I called the last sector who would have worked this aircraft and ask them if they had any knowledge of him. While I was on the line I could hear the controller on switch this aircraft to my frequency. I asked controller what was happening with him and controller said something like 'he was lost.' then I asked the aircraft to ident; if he was IFR; and what the last frequency was that he was on. I believe he said they forgot about him; or something like that. A bit later the controller said they checked back with several sectors to see what happened. Cleveland made a manual handoff to hnk sector and then from there I am not sure what occurred.I was surprised that this limited data block did not auto-acquire on my scope. I thought in our new system this was supposed to happen. My recommendation would be for this to happen; because this scenario could have been dangerous if I had been busy.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZBW Controller discovers an untagged aircraft in his airspace. Controller tries to identify aircraft and checks on frequency for the aircraft. Controller calls possible previous sector and Controller transfers communication to the investigating Controller. Controller asks pilot what happened and pilot advised a Controller possibly forgot about them.
Narrative: I saw an aircraft in my airspace with a code and an altitude that had not been handed off to me. I looked up the code in the computer and saw two flight plans. I attempted to contact the aircraft on my frequency but got no response. I called my Controller In Charge (CIC) over to tell him this was happening and then I called the last sector who would have worked this aircraft and ask them if they had any knowledge of him. While I was on the line I could hear the controller on switch this aircraft to my frequency. I asked controller what was happening with him and controller said something like 'He was lost.' Then I asked the aircraft to ident; if he was IFR; and what the last frequency was that he was on. I believe he said they forgot about him; or something like that. A bit later the controller said they checked back with several sectors to see what happened. Cleveland made a manual handoff to HNK sector and then from there I am not sure what occurred.I was surprised that this limited data block did not auto-acquire on my scope. I thought in our new system this was supposed to happen. My recommendation would be for this to happen; because this scenario could have been dangerous if I had been busy.
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.