Cpr X climb through occupied altitude had less than standard separation from cpr Y. System error.

Attributes
ACN	217520
Time
Date	199208
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : buf
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 18000 msl bound upper : 18000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob artcc : czyz
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	217520
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Miss Distance	horizontal : 27600 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Inter Facility Coordination Failure Operational Error

Narrative:

Cpr X climbing out of yyz en route to iad. Cpr Y en route to yyb at FL180. Controller distracted by non automated, verbal coordination with toronto center. We need automated data transfer with the canadians. Primary cause was controller oversight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CPR X CLB THROUGH OCCUPIED ALT HAD LTSS FROM CPR Y. SYS ERROR.

Narrative: CPR X CLBING OUT OF YYZ ENRTE TO IAD. CPR Y ENRTE TO YYB AT FL180. CTLR DISTRACTED BY NON AUTOMATED, VERBAL COORD WITH TORONTO CTR. WE NEED AUTOMATED DATA TRANSFER WITH THE CANADIANS. PRIMARY CAUSE WAS CTLR OVERSIGHT.

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.