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ZMP radar controller claims that an enormous amount of traffic rerted into the east sector created an unsafe situation and recently may have caused 2 operrors.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 447000 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zme.artcc |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 msl bound lower : 24000 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 14 |
| ASRS Report | 447000 |
| Events | |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airspace Structure Weather ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : zme.artcc |
| Airspace Structure | class a : zme.a |
Narrative:
An enormous amount of traffic rerted into the east area specialty. Between the altitudes of FL240-FL600 and times of XA00 and XH00 with WX impacting the area from southwest of bna to the vicinity of cvg. Due to the amount of rertes and the WX, it caused an unsafe situation and was contributory to numerous potential errors and airspace deviations and was directly contributory to 2 operrors which resulted in less than minimum separation. It is being investigated by an ATC group at the facility, WX management and flow control here at ZME took any action to provide a safe an orderly operation, during this period.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZMP RADAR CTLR CLAIMS THAT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TFC RERTED INTO THE E SECTOR CREATED AN UNSAFE SIT AND RECENTLY MAY HAVE CAUSED 2 OPERRORS.
Narrative: AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TFC RERTED INTO THE E AREA SPECIALTY. BTWN THE ALTS OF FL240-FL600 AND TIMES OF XA00 AND XH00 WITH WX IMPACTING THE AREA FROM SW OF BNA TO THE VICINITY OF CVG. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RERTES AND THE WX, IT CAUSED AN UNSAFE SIT AND WAS CONTRIBUTORY TO NUMEROUS POTENTIAL ERRORS AND AIRSPACE DEVS AND WAS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTORY TO 2 OPERRORS WHICH RESULTED IN LESS THAN MINIMUM SEPARATION. IT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY AN ATC GROUP AT THE FACILITY, WX MGMNT AND FLOW CTL HERE AT ZME TOOK ANY ACTION TO PROVIDE A SAFE AN ORDERLY OP, DURING THIS PERIOD.
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.