P31 controller reports of taking a handoff on an aircraft then the data tag mysteriously disappears ...

Narrative:

Took hand off of aircraft X at xx:00z; he checked in gave him the altimeter and continued working. At around xx+17z; ZJX controller called and said he auto acquired the aircraft in his airspace 10 northeast of 12J and had radar contact. Somehow the tag got terminated once I took radar and gave him altimeter. He did not go into my coast/suspend list thus it was terminated by someone. I do not recall terminating it; as I had no reason to. I lost track of the flight because he was not on my scope anymore thus never initiating a hand off with ZJX controller. The aircraft flew for 30 miles in my airspace with no tag as I did a falcon replay and the tag was dropped 1 min after I took the hand off from elgin approach. I think someone at another radar scope mistakenly dropped the tag and did not realize it. Don't know what could have been done from a controller point of view. If this was an automation error then I guess we could look into that.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: P31 Controller reports of taking a handoff on an aircraft then the data tag mysteriously disappears a minute after taking the handoff. Aircraft flies through airspace for 30 miles without a data tag. Controller wonders who or what dropped the data tag.

Narrative: Took hand off of Aircraft X at XX:00z; he checked in gave him the altimeter and continued working. at around XX+17z; ZJX controller called and said he auto acquired the aircraft in his airspace 10 NE of 12J and had radar contact. Somehow the tag got terminated once I took radar and gave him altimeter. He did not go into my coast/suspend list thus it was terminated by someone. I do not recall terminating it; as I had no reason to. I lost track of the flight because he was not on my scope anymore thus never initiating a hand off with ZJX controller. The aircraft flew for 30 miles in my airspace with no tag as I did a Falcon replay and the tag was dropped 1 min after I took the hand off from Elgin Approach. I think someone at another radar scope mistakenly dropped the tag and did not realize it. Don't know what could have been done from a controller point of view. If this was an automation error then I guess we could look into that.

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Attributes
ACN	1266219
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	P31.TRACON
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

P31 controller reports of taking a handoff on an aircraft then the data tag mysteriously disappears a minute after taking the handoff. Aircraft flies through airspace for 30 miles without a data tag. Controller wonders who or what dropped the data tag.