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Fsm controller reports of an opposite direction operation (odo) that isn't described well; but sounds like it wasn't done in accordance with the SOP.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1253145 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201504 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FSM.TRACON |
| State Reference | AR |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Military Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Other Instrument Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 12 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was short final to runway 25; the active runway; on a visual approach clearance. Aircraft Y was on the VOR/DME approx 4 mile final runway 7 circling to runway 25. I believe this manner of air traffic control in this situation was good clean ATC with no loss of separation. However; do to the national opposite direction operation (odo) procedures the sequence of events were not used in an appropriate manner. For my 15 years of experience; this is how I have always controlled odo/circling. Military aircraft need the circling procedures for practice as part of there training. When facilities like fsm can accommodate this they come and increase our traffic count. Due to recent historical events odo have became harder to achieve because of the 10NM mandates.I have no recommendations for my actions other than trying to follow the odo procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FSM Controller reports of an Opposite Direction Operation (ODO) that isn't described well; but sounds like it wasn't done in accordance with the SOP.
Narrative: Aircraft X was short final to runway 25; the active runway; on a visual approach clearance. Aircraft Y was on the VOR/DME approx 4 mile final runway 7 circling to runway 25. I believe this manner of air traffic control in this situation was good clean ATC with no loss of separation. However; do to the national Opposite Direction Operation (ODO) procedures the sequence of events were not used in an appropriate manner. For my 15 years of experience; this is how I have always controlled ODO/circling. Military aircraft need the circling procedures for practice as part of there training. When facilities like FSM can accommodate this they come and increase our traffic count. Due to recent historical events ODO have became harder to achieve because of the 10NM mandates.I have no recommendations for my actions other than trying to follow the ODO procedures.
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.