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Controller at TRACON claims that airspace confign is wrong for sectors and requires point outs and vectoring to avoid other sector's airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 340075 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : slc |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : slc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : departure |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| ASRS Report | 340075 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
S56 airspace and procedures are improperly designed. VFR traffic inbound from the west is routed through valley (vi) airspace at 6000 ft MSL. Slow climbing turbojet aircraft, particularly in hot WX, frequently penetrate this VFR corridor, requiring a point-out. In the above case, air carrier XXX (boeing 727) was unable to sustain sufficient climb rate to avoid the VFR corridor. I had to vector air carrier XXX to avoid a VFR aircraft operating in valley's (vi) airspace. The current airspace confign is unsafe and has been reported to S56 management and no adequate measures have been forthcoming to rectify the problem. Vectoring aircraft below the MVA will not suffice. Had other VFR aircraft been present, air carrier XXX would have been in conflict with same.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CTLR AT TRACON CLAIMS THAT AIRSPACE CONFIGN IS WRONG FOR SECTORS AND REQUIRES POINT OUTS AND VECTORING TO AVOID OTHER SECTOR'S AIRSPACE.
Narrative: S56 AIRSPACE AND PROCS ARE IMPROPERLY DESIGNED. VFR TFC INBOUND FROM THE W IS ROUTED THROUGH VALLEY (VI) AIRSPACE AT 6000 FT MSL. SLOW CLBING TURBOJET ACFT, PARTICULARLY IN HOT WX, FREQUENTLY PENETRATE THIS VFR CORRIDOR, REQUIRING A POINT-OUT. IN THE ABOVE CASE, ACR XXX (BOEING 727) WAS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN SUFFICIENT CLB RATE TO AVOID THE VFR CORRIDOR. I HAD TO VECTOR ACR XXX TO AVOID A VFR ACFT OPERATING IN VALLEY'S (VI) AIRSPACE. THE CURRENT AIRSPACE CONFIGN IS UNSAFE AND HAS BEEN RPTED TO S56 MGMNT AND NO ADEQUATE MEASURES HAVE BEEN FORTHCOMING TO RECTIFY THE PROB. VECTORING ACFT BELOW THE MVA WILL NOT SUFFICE. HAD OTHER VFR ACFT BEEN PRESENT, ACR XXX WOULD HAVE BEEN IN CONFLICT WITH SAME.
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.