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ZKC controller concerned with ZKC tmu failing to comply with ZKC satellite release policy for en route integration into ord traffic flow.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 452378 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | msl single value : 29000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 12 |
| ASRS Report | 452378 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment : conflict alert other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 39000 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airspace Structure Weather ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Deviation Intra Facility Coordination Failure |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : zkc.artcc |
Narrative:
MD80 (X) filed mci to ord during busy ord push -- did not fit in overhead stream and was vectored into traffic, B737 (Y), oms to stl. Established procedure calls for mci departures to climb to FL230 on 050 degree heading. ZKC tmu instructed MD80 to be turned north for sequencing, into traffic, and not as coordinated by SOP. To avoid delays, ZKC tmu, will release departures without regard to sector volume and overhead stream -- the increase in complexity is forcing controllers to take risks involving safety to avoid ground delays. This is not an isolated incident -- it involved the violation of established/coordinated procedures, an operational deviation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZKC CTLR CONCERNED WITH ZKC TMU FAILING TO COMPLY WITH ZKC SATELLITE RELEASE POLICY FOR ENRTE INTEGRATION INTO ORD TFC FLOW.
Narrative: MD80 (X) FILED MCI TO ORD DURING BUSY ORD PUSH -- DID NOT FIT IN OVERHEAD STREAM AND WAS VECTORED INTO TFC, B737 (Y), OMS TO STL. ESTABLISHED PROC CALLS FOR MCI DEPS TO CLB TO FL230 ON 050 DEG HDG. ZKC TMU INSTRUCTED MD80 TO BE TURNED N FOR SEQUENCING, INTO TFC, AND NOT AS COORDINATED BY SOP. TO AVOID DELAYS, ZKC TMU, WILL RELEASE DEPS WITHOUT REGARD TO SECTOR VOLUME AND OVERHEAD STREAM -- THE INCREASE IN COMPLEXITY IS FORCING CTLRS TO TAKE RISKS INVOLVING SAFETY TO AVOID GND DELAYS. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT -- IT INVOLVED THE VIOLATION OF ESTABLISHED/COORDINATED PROCS, AN OPDEV.
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.