<< >> NASA ASRS Report 383845, October 1997

MO20 lost radio and transponder due to an electrical failure and entered adjacent airspace without coordination or handoff by busy reporter.

Attributes
ACN	383845
Time
Date	199710
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : rsw
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	other : unknown
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : rsw
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 15
ASRS Report	383845
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation

Narrative:

MO20, was en route through fmy approach airspace, northbound. At the time the sector was very busy. When I had the time, I checked my flight progress strips and noticed I still had the strip on the MO20, and did not see the aircraft on the radar scope. I called several times with no response. With the volume of traffic which was northbound, I believed the aircraft was handed off and switched. However, the aircraft had an electrical failure, and lost his transponder and radio.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MO20 LOST RADIO AND XPONDER DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND ENTERED ADJACENT AIRSPACE WITHOUT COORD OR HDOF BY BUSY RPTR.

Narrative: MO20, WAS ENRTE THROUGH FMY APCH AIRSPACE, NBOUND. AT THE TIME THE SECTOR WAS VERY BUSY. WHEN I HAD THE TIME, I CHKED MY FLT PROGRESS STRIPS AND NOTICED I STILL HAD THE STRIP ON THE MO20, AND DID NOT SEE THE ACFT ON THE RADAR SCOPE. I CALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO RESPONSE. WITH THE VOLUME OF TFC WHICH WAS NBOUND, I BELIEVED THE ACFT WAS HANDED OFF AND SWITCHED. HOWEVER, THE ACFT HAD AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND LOST HIS XPONDER AND RADIO.

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.