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ZTL controller recognizes incorrect hold procedure and subsequent failure to follow up on overdue aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 460326 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl single value : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl.artcc tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-23 Apache (& Geronimo Apache) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : private |
| Experience | controller radar : 18 flight time total : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 460326 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airspace Structure ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : ztl.artcc |
Narrative:
You can't make this stuff up. Last month we had an operational error where the amended call sign (the real one) was put in the remarks section. The controller couldn't get the aircraft to track, got distraction and smoked him with a departing learjet. The remarks section has become the catch all for anything a pilot or controller can't figure out how to put into the computer. P.south. I wrote this at dinner. Went back, and the strip was still on the boards at sector 46 and sector 48. So much for being overdue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZTL CTLR RECOGNIZES INCORRECT HOLD PROC AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE TO FOLLOW UP ON OVERDUE ACFT.
Narrative: YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP. LAST MONTH WE HAD AN OPERROR WHERE THE AMENDED CALL SIGN (THE REAL ONE) WAS PUT IN THE REMARKS SECTION. THE CTLR COULDN'T GET THE ACFT TO TRACK, GOT DISTR AND SMOKED HIM WITH A DEPARTING LEARJET. THE REMARKS SECTION HAS BECOME THE CATCH ALL FOR ANYTHING A PLT OR CTLR CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT INTO THE COMPUTER. P.S. I WROTE THIS AT DINNER. WENT BACK, AND THE STRIP WAS STILL ON THE BOARDS AT SECTOR 46 AND SECTOR 48. SO MUCH FOR BEING OVERDUE.
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.