Uncoord penetration of airspace. Operational deviation.

Attributes
ACN	126408
Time
Date	198910
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ith
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : elm tracon : roc
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 4 controller radar : 3
ASRS Report	126408
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation Inter Facility Coordination Failure

Narrative:

Small aircraft X on IFR flight plan V34 to N03 at 5000. Controller working combined positions of approach and departure control. Problem arose when transponder of small aircraft X became intermittent and traffic volume and complexity increased. Controller had to stop departures and due to being busy close in to roc, forgot manual handoff to elm approach 50 mi southeast of roc. Elm approach called asking about aircraft 3 northwest of ith. At first forgot aircraft when elm approach called. Then remembered and told them I had lost radar with aircraft, but I had not stated that to aircraft. Contributing factors: combined positions, poor transponder performance of aircraft, too much landline coordination with adjacent facs and tower controller does all coordination and aircraft control. Error is this controller's for allowing aircraft to cross airspace boundary without coordination. Aircraft was changed to elm approach control frequency per request.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UNCOORD PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE. OPERATIONAL DEVIATION.

Narrative: SMA X ON IFR FLT PLAN V34 TO N03 AT 5000. CTLR WORKING COMBINED POSITIONS OF APCH AND DEP CTL. PROBLEM AROSE WHEN XPONDER OF SMA X BECAME INTERMITTENT AND TFC VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY INCREASED. CTLR HAD TO STOP DEPS AND DUE TO BEING BUSY CLOSE IN TO ROC, FORGOT MANUAL HANDOFF TO ELM APCH 50 MI SE OF ROC. ELM APCH CALLED ASKING ABOUT ACFT 3 NW OF ITH. AT FIRST FORGOT ACFT WHEN ELM APCH CALLED. THEN REMEMBERED AND TOLD THEM I HAD LOST RADAR WITH ACFT, BUT I HAD NOT STATED THAT TO ACFT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: COMBINED POSITIONS, POOR XPONDER PERFORMANCE OF ACFT, TOO MUCH LANDLINE COORD WITH ADJACENT FACS AND TWR CTLR DOES ALL COORD AND ACFT CTL. ERROR IS THIS CTLR'S FOR ALLOWING ACFT TO CROSS AIRSPACE BOUNDARY WITHOUT COORD. ACFT WAS CHANGED TO ELM APCH CTL FREQ PER REQUEST.

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.