A new york center (ZNY) controller reports of an aircraft that drops sky divers while conflicting tr...

Attributes
ACN	1276120
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZNY.ARTCC
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Shortly after taking the R92 position an aircraft who calls themselves as aircraft X said they were two minutes from jumpers away; at around that time I advised aircraft X of an aircraft Y to the east of the field headed west bound at 7 thousand working [with] allentown approach. The pilot acknowledged but still decided to release his jumpers; a move that I considered unsafe. The pilot then advised he would stay to the north and begin his descent. He was asked to report leaving 10 thousand. The pilot turned to the south and descended fast enough that en route automation modernization (eram) showed an exceptional vertical rate readout for mode C. Aircraft X's target came very close to and may have merged with the aircraft Y flight's target. I tried to call traffic but got no response from aircraft X. After aircraft X was through six thousand he came up on frequency asking if he should contact allentown. I asked why he wasn't responding to traffic calls and he said he was coordinating with unicom at the time. After many unsafe occurrences with this operator there still hasn't been an LOA signed with them.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A New York Center (ZNY) Controller reports of an aircraft that drops sky divers while conflicting traffic for it is inbound to an airport in close proximity. The Controller thinks this operation is not safe. The pilot was not on frequency all of the time and was off coordinating on UNICOM.

Narrative: Shortly after taking the R92 position an aircraft who calls themselves as Aircraft X said they were two minutes from jumpers away; at around that time I advised Aircraft X of an Aircraft Y to the east of the field headed west bound at 7 thousand working [with] Allentown approach. The pilot acknowledged but still decided to release his jumpers; a move that I considered unsafe. The pilot then advised he would stay to the north and begin his descent. He was asked to report leaving 10 thousand. The pilot turned to the south and descended fast enough that En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) showed an exceptional vertical rate readout for MODE C. Aircraft X's target came very close to and may have merged with the Aircraft Y flight's target. I tried to call traffic but got no response from Aircraft X. After Aircraft X was through six thousand he came up on frequency asking if he should contact Allentown. I asked why he wasn't responding to traffic calls and he said he was coordinating with UNICOM at the time. After many unsafe occurrences with this operator there still hasn't been an LOA signed with them.

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.

A new york center (ZNY) controller reports of an aircraft that drops sky divers while conflicting traffic for it is inbound to an airport in close proximity. The controller thinks this operation is not safe. The pilot was not on frequency all of the time and was off coordinating on unicom.