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Cleveland center (ZOB) controller reported of a problem with a handoff that went to the wrong sector.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1389031 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZOB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | OH |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 34 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was level at FL350 interim altitude requesting FL370. The computer directed the handoff to the sector that controls FL370; ffo sector at ZID; who took the handoff; but the aircraft was at FL350 and entered springfield sector I78; who should have had the handoff at FL350. The computer directed the handoff to I98 because of the final requested altitude of FL370. Traffic was somewhat complex at the time due to abnormal departure routes out of ord due to weather and there were numerous requests from pilots due to widespread turbulence. I was also working the sector alone and probably could have used help with coordination with other sectors.more staffing so the sector could have been decombined and a radar associate to help with coordination and to help observe that handoffs were made to the appropriate sectors.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Cleveland Center (ZOB) controller reported of a problem with a handoff that went to the wrong sector.
Narrative: Aircraft X was level at FL350 interim altitude requesting FL370. The computer directed the handoff to the sector that controls FL370; FFO Sector at ZID; who took the handoff; but the aircraft was at FL350 and entered Springfield Sector I78; who should have had the handoff at FL350. The computer directed the handoff to I98 because of the final requested altitude of FL370. Traffic was somewhat complex at the time due to abnormal departure routes out of ORD due to weather and there were numerous requests from pilots due to widespread turbulence. I was also working the sector alone and probably could have used help with coordination with other sectors.More staffing so the sector could have been decombined and a radar associate to help with coordination and to help observe that handoffs were made to the appropriate sectors.
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.