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Pct controller reported a miscommunication issue with dca tower contributed to an aircraft entering prohibited airspace P56B.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1550474 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201806 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PCT.TRACON |
| State Reference | VA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB-505 / Phenom 300 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 13.5 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Security |
Narrative:
I opened [the finals sector] and my first aircraft was on the downwind. Last aircraft was aircraft X. After turning; clearing; [and] shipping my first aircraft to dca tower dca [local control] got in my ear and said something about aircraft X. I asked what they were talking about and looked to dca and saw aircraft X going through P56B. I immediately turned and asked [the previous controller] if he still had aircraft X and to try him to the tower again. I went back to working the traffic because volume was increasing [to ship].I realize it was an immediate communication but aircraft X was on a tower tag so dca tower should have known that [I] did not have the aircraft; and called [the previous sector]. I don't know when aircraft X went off course and if this communication could have prevented the P56 violation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PCT Controller reported a miscommunication issue with DCA Tower contributed to an aircraft entering Prohibited Airspace P56B.
Narrative: I opened [the finals sector] and my first aircraft was on the downwind. Last aircraft was Aircraft X. After turning; clearing; [and] shipping my first aircraft to DCA Tower DCA [Local Control] got in my ear and said something about Aircraft X. I asked what they were talking about and looked to DCA and saw Aircraft X going through P56B. I immediately turned and asked [the previous controller] if he still had Aircraft X and to try him to the Tower again. I went back to working the traffic because volume was increasing [to ship].I realize it was an immediate communication but Aircraft X was on a Tower tag so DCA Tower should have known that [I] did not have the aircraft; and called [the previous sector]. I don't know when Aircraft X went off course and if this communication could have prevented the P56 violation.
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