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Improper position relief briefing small transport X had less than standard separation from small aircraft Y. System error.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 202585 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199202 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : jfk |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 3 |
| ASRS Report | 202585 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 1500 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error Intra Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
Small transport X turned opposite direction with small aircraft Y. (Both at 7000 ft). Conflict alert went off. Evasive action taken by controller's aircraft were in process of being switched. (Communication at radar control). Previous controller did not brief relieving controller of non standard coordination with adjacent controller. Small aircraft Y standard operation is to be at 5000. Previous controller accepted radar handoff. Radar controller should have seen opposite direction traffic at 7000. Traffic was on his radar tag. Receiving controller should have asked what the plan with small transport X was. Knowing he had to turn opposite direction 7000 ft. Better communication needed to assure safe operation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IMPROPER POS RELIEF BRIEFING SMT X HAD LTSS FROM SMA Y. SYS ERROR.
Narrative: SMT X TURNED OPPOSITE DIRECTION WITH SMA Y. (BOTH AT 7000 FT). CONFLICT ALERT WENT OFF. EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN BY CTLR'S ACFT WERE IN PROCESS OF BEING SWITCHED. (COM AT RADAR CTL). PREVIOUS CTLR DID NOT BRIEF RELIEVING CTLR OF NON STANDARD COORD WITH ADJACENT CTLR. SMA Y STANDARD OP IS TO BE AT 5000. PREVIOUS CTLR ACCEPTED RADAR HDOF. RADAR CTLR SHOULD HAVE SEEN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC AT 7000. TFC WAS ON HIS RADAR TAG. RECEIVING CTLR SHOULD HAVE ASKED WHAT THE PLAN WITH SMT X WAS. KNOWING HE HAD TO TURN OPPOSITE DIRECTION 7000 FT. BETTER COM NEEDED TO ASSURE SAFE OP.
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.