TRACON controller reported that a VFR aircraft departed into the face of an IFR aircraft arrival; in...

Attributes
ACN	1603228
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

ZZZ tower departed aircraft X on a 040 heading off of runway xx; with a VFR target southwest bound; basically opposite direct of aircraft X at 025. I issued the traffic; and told aircraft X to expect higher once he passed the unknown VFR traffic. I then saw the VFR traffic begin to descend. I called ZZZ tower to request control of aircraft X in order to turn the aircraft to the east to avoid conflict. The ground controller told me he was answering the line for the local controller because he was busy; and gave me control. I issued a 070 heading to aircraft X; then almost immediately aircraft Z; departed on a 060 heading off of ZZZ. I turned aircraft X on a 080 or a 090 heading to give myself divergent headings with aircraft Z. Called ZZZ and told them to turn aircraft Z; but they said they already switched aircraft Z. I then turned aircraft Y on a northwest heading to avoid a separation loss. I would recommend ZZZ tower waits to switch aircraft to departure until all conflicts with aircraft appearing to join their downwind are resolved; aircraft X was departed and switched right into a VFR target.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRACON Controller reported that a VFR aircraft departed into the face of an IFR aircraft arrival; inbound to the same airport

Narrative: ZZZ Tower departed Aircraft X on a 040 heading off of Runway XX; with a VFR target southwest bound; basically opposite direct of Aircraft X at 025. I issued the traffic; and told Aircraft X to expect higher once he passed the unknown VFR traffic. I then saw the VFR traffic begin to descend. I called ZZZ Tower to request control of Aircraft X in order to turn the aircraft to the east to avoid conflict. The Ground Controller told me he was answering the line for the Local Controller because he was busy; and gave me control. I issued a 070 heading to Aircraft X; then almost immediately Aircraft Z; departed on a 060 heading off of ZZZ. I turned Aircraft X on a 080 or a 090 heading to give myself divergent headings with Aircraft Z. Called ZZZ and told them to turn Aircraft Z; but they said they already switched Aircraft Z. I then turned Aircraft Y on a northwest heading to avoid a separation loss. I would recommend ZZZ Tower waits to switch aircraft to departure until all conflicts with aircraft appearing to join their downwind are resolved; Aircraft X was departed and switched right into a VFR target.

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.

TRACON controller reported that a VFR aircraft departed into the face of an IFR aircraft arrival; inbound to the same airport