ZMP controller reported failing to acquire a departure controller's data tag on their radarscope and...

Attributes
ACN	1507533
Time
Date	201712
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZMP.ARTCC
State Reference	MN
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 12
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Tower called for a release on aircraft X and a release was given. The aircraft checked on and I climbed the aircraft to 19;000 feet and indicated so on the strip. About 15-20 minutes later aircraft X asked if they were still with me. I looked for them on the scope in my airspace and in the adjacent center's airspace; and asked them to verify code. I checked for a departure message and the flight plan was already departed. They verified their squawk code. The code came up about 45 miles into the adjacent center airspace at 19;000 feet. I called the adjacent sector; got the data block tracked up and gave radar contact. I don't know for sure; but suspect the transponder was never turned on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZMP Controller reported failing to acquire a Departure Controller's data tag on their radarscope and forgetting about the aircraft; which entered adjacent airspace without a hand off.

Narrative: Tower called for a release on Aircraft X and a release was given. The aircraft checked on and I climbed the aircraft to 19;000 feet and indicated so on the strip. About 15-20 minutes later Aircraft X asked if they were still with me. I looked for them on the scope in my airspace and in the adjacent Center's airspace; and asked them to verify code. I checked for a Departure message and the flight plan was already departed. They verified their squawk code. The code came up about 45 miles into the adjacent Center airspace at 19;000 feet. I called the adjacent sector; got the data block tracked up and gave Radar Contact. I don't know for sure; but suspect the transponder was never turned on.

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.

ZMP controller reported failing to acquire a departure controller's data tag on their radarscope and forgetting about the aircraft; which entered adjacent airspace without a hand off.