Aircraft entered adjacent facility airspace without a handoff.

Attributes
ACN	129321
Time
Date	198911
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ocs
State Reference	WY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zdv
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 6
ASRS Report	129321
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft was given a clearance through rks radio. But his discrete bcn code had timed out of the center computer and was not listed on the flight plan strip--so when the aircraft departed no track was started and the aircraft entered ZDV west/O a handoff on a limited data block.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT ENTERED ADJACENT FAC AIRSPACE WITHOUT A HANDOFF.

Narrative: ACFT WAS GIVEN A CLRNC THROUGH RKS RADIO. BUT HIS DISCRETE BCN CODE HAD TIMED OUT OF THE CENTER COMPUTER AND WAS NOT LISTED ON THE FLT PLAN STRIP--SO WHEN THE ACFT DEPARTED NO TRACK WAS STARTED AND THE ACFT ENTERED ZDV W/O A HDOF ON A LIMITED DATA BLOCK.

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.