Narrative:

I was receiving training on radar combined at springfield, il, ATCT, an af technician asked to have control of the ARTS for a routine maintenance check. This request was approved. King air X called approach, off K06, requesting IFR clearance to mdw. After a search for X flight strip and an amendment in the system to X proposal time by my instructor, X IFR clearance to mdw was issued with a climb to 10000 ft. Since the ARTS was out, the usual ARTS tag to indicate the howard MOA active was not displayed, leaving only the map display. An amendment to X clearance was issued and the altitude 10000 ft again stated. A handoff was completed to ZKC stating the altitude 10000 ft that X was climbing to. A pointout to pia approach was initiated and after approval,the receiving controller reminded me howard was active 10000 ft and above. I attempted to stop X climb through the receiving ZKC controller but the aircraft had penetrated the howard MOA already and a descent was issued to clear the MOA. Contributing factors include ARTS outage, a recent change in procedures for the flight data/FD10 confign at the facility, where as flight data in the tower received all arrival/departure strips and distributed. At the time flight data was configured to have the FD10 in the TRACON receive and distribute all arrival and en route as well as satellite departure, thus increasing the handoff person's workload away from the radar scope and operations. Supplemental information from acn 295337: the last several weeks the facility has been unable to decide where it would be best to manage the strips. After we verified that it wasn't upstairs, or in our bay, I then started to look in the computer. I managed to update the time on the proposal and then we had information to go on. Being distracted by the previously mentioned, my awareness didn't catch a mistake made by the developmental. He issued a clearance to X to climb and maintain 10000 ft which was going to penetrate a MOA.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: KING AIR UNCOORD UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE, MOA.

Narrative: I WAS RECEIVING TRAINING ON RADAR COMBINED AT SPRINGFIELD, IL, ATCT, AN AF TECHNICIAN ASKED TO HAVE CTL OF THE ARTS FOR A ROUTINE MAINT CHK. THIS REQUEST WAS APPROVED. KING AIR X CALLED APCH, OFF K06, REQUESTING IFR CLRNC TO MDW. AFTER A SEARCH FOR X FLT STRIP AND AN AMENDMENT IN THE SYS TO X PROPOSAL TIME BY MY INSTRUCTOR, X IFR CLRNC TO MDW WAS ISSUED WITH A CLB TO 10000 FT. SINCE THE ARTS WAS OUT, THE USUAL ARTS TAG TO INDICATE THE HOWARD MOA ACTIVE WAS NOT DISPLAYED, LEAVING ONLY THE MAP DISPLAY. AN AMENDMENT TO X CLRNC WAS ISSUED AND THE ALT 10000 FT AGAIN STATED. A HDOF WAS COMPLETED TO ZKC STATING THE ALT 10000 FT THAT X WAS CLBING TO. A POINTOUT TO PIA APCH WAS INITIATED AND AFTER APPROVAL,THE RECEIVING CTLR REMINDED ME HOWARD WAS ACTIVE 10000 FT AND ABOVE. I ATTEMPTED TO STOP X CLB THROUGH THE RECEIVING ZKC CTLR BUT THE ACFT HAD PENETRATED THE HOWARD MOA ALREADY AND A DSCNT WAS ISSUED TO CLR THE MOA. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDE ARTS OUTAGE, A RECENT CHANGE IN PROCS FOR THE FLT DATA/FD10 CONFIGN AT THE FACILITY, WHERE AS FLT DATA IN THE TWR RECEIVED ALL ARR/DEP STRIPS AND DISTRIBUTED. AT THE TIME FLT DATA WAS CONFIGURED TO HAVE THE FD10 IN THE TRACON RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE ALL ARR AND ENRTE AS WELL AS SATELLITE DEP, THUS INCREASING THE HDOF PERSON'S WORKLOAD AWAY FROM THE RADAR SCOPE AND OPS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 295337: THE LAST SEVERAL WKS THE FACILITY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DECIDE WHERE IT WOULD BE BEST TO MANAGE THE STRIPS. AFTER WE VERIFIED THAT IT WASN'T UPSTAIRS, OR IN OUR BAY, I THEN STARTED TO LOOK IN THE COMPUTER. I MANAGED TO UPDATE THE TIME ON THE PROPOSAL AND THEN WE HAD INFO TO GO ON. BEING DISTRACTED BY THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, MY AWARENESS DIDN'T CATCH A MISTAKE MADE BY THE DEVELOPMENTAL. HE ISSUED A CLRNC TO X TO CLB AND MAINTAIN 10000 FT WHICH WAS GOING TO PENETRATE A MOA.

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.