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Controller went down the tubes due to too many aircraft and bad WX resulting in less than standard separation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 151463 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199007 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : cty |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 34000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma tower : tvc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 151463 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 27000 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Too many aircraft at one time all in an arrival mode to different airports in a very crowded area. In addition thunderstorms and a warning area was in use so there was no room to vector aircraft. The aircraft were inbound to tampa and WX rertes into orlando. There was an overtake in the descent and sep was lost.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTLR WENT DOWN THE TUBES DUE TO TOO MANY ACFT AND BAD WX RESULTING IN LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION.
Narrative: TOO MANY ACFT AT ONE TIME ALL IN AN ARR MODE TO DIFFERENT ARPTS IN A VERY CROWDED AREA. IN ADDITION TSTMS AND A WARNING AREA WAS IN USE SO THERE WAS NO ROOM TO VECTOR ACFT. THE ACFT WERE INBND TO TAMPA AND WX RERTES INTO ORLANDO. THERE WAS AN OVERTAKE IN THE DSNT AND SEP WAS LOST.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.