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Attributes | |
ACN | 239970 |
Time | |
Date | 199304 |
Day | Sat |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : rdu |
State Reference | NC |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 10000 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : rjtg |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
Flight Phase | cruise other |
Route In Use | enroute airway : rdu |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : approach |
Qualification | controller : radar |
Experience | controller military : 4 controller radar : 14 |
ASRS Report | 239970 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
Events | |
Anomaly | other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other controllera |
Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | other |
Situations | |
ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
The FAA management at rdu TRACON refuses to move a STAR to avoid parachute jumping over franklin county airport. This is an ongoing problem and will result in a terrible tragedy some day. All they have to do is move the STAR. They continue to allow these aircraft to climb through the steady stream of traffic on the STAR and then they try to jump through it too. This isn't my first NASA report on this and hopefully someone can do something before it's too late. Small transport, a parachute jumping aircraft, climbs through a stream of traffic inbound to rdu. Then they try to parachute through them too.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTLR RPTR STATES THAT A PARACHUTE JUMP AREA CONFLICTS WITH A PUBLISHED ARR INTO RDU.
Narrative: THE FAA MGMNT AT RDU TRACON REFUSES TO MOVE A STAR TO AVOID PARACHUTE JUMPING OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY ARPT. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROB AND WILL RESULT IN A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY SOME DAY. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS MOVE THE STAR. THEY CONTINUE TO ALLOW THESE ACFT TO CLB THROUGH THE STEADY STREAM OF TFC ON THE STAR AND THEN THEY TRY TO JUMP THROUGH IT TOO. THIS ISN'T MY FIRST NASA RPT ON THIS AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. SMT, A PARACHUTE JUMPING ACFT, CLBS THROUGH A STREAM OF TFC INBOUND TO RDU. THEN THEY TRY TO PARACHUTE THROUGH THEM TOO.
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.