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A80, atl approach controller becomes distraction and subsequent vector actions were insufficient to ensure separation with traffic on the adjoining final approach course.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 511526 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : a80.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : a80.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller radar : 12 controller time certified in position1 : 1 |
| ASRS Report | 511526 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment : conflict alert atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other other : conflict alert |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 9000 vertical : 300 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error Intra Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
I was working final for atl. Traffic was moderate. We were running staggered ILS approachs. I took a handoff on a GA aircraft landing atl from a location contrary to normal SOP for GA arrs to atl. I was trying to figure out where/how we were going to fit the GA in from their location, and I didn't descend a B727 timely and it got too close to another aircraft on the adjacent final. I was preoccupied with the GA because we never let them come in from where this one did.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A80, ATL APCH CTLR BECOMES DISTR AND SUBSEQUENT VECTOR ACTIONS WERE INSUFFICIENT TO ENSURE SEPARATION WITH TFC ON THE ADJOINING FINAL APCH COURSE.
Narrative: I WAS WORKING FINAL FOR ATL. TFC WAS MODERATE. WE WERE RUNNING STAGGERED ILS APCHS. I TOOK A HDOF ON A GA ACFT LNDG ATL FROM A LOCATION CONTRARY TO NORMAL SOP FOR GA ARRS TO ATL. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE/HOW WE WERE GOING TO FIT THE GA IN FROM THEIR LOCATION, AND I DIDN'T DSND A B727 TIMELY AND IT GOT TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER ACFT ON THE ADJACENT FINAL. I WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH THE GA BECAUSE WE NEVER LET THEM COME IN FROM WHERE THIS ONE DID.
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.