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T75 controller concerned with alleged cover-up of a breakdown in coordination between stl tower and T75 when an air carrier departs the wrong direction from the control strip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 518285 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl.airport |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : t75.tracon |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : departure |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller limited radar : 2 controller military : 3 controller radar : 17 controller supervisory : 0.25 flight time total : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 518285 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : departure |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airspace Structure FAA ATC Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure Operational Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : t75.tracon |
Narrative:
Air carrier X departed during an 'ozark departure' swap route. The aircraft was supposed to come off into departure north airspace. Instead, the aircraft was departed into south departure's airspace, changed to south departure's ARTS tag and sent to departure south frequency. The flight progress strip went to the departure north radar position. When reported to supervisors, the incident was investigated by the tower and we were told that no incident occurred because the swap had been canceled. However, the automated entry to cancel the swap was never made and the verbal call (which is required) was never made. The tower (stl) deemed this a 'non event' because they said the swap was over. I believe an airspace violation occurred because no notification was given to the TRACON (T75), even though both methods of notification were working normally. This has happened numerous times with the same result. I believe that stl tower is covering up these airspace violations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: T75 CTLR CONCERNED WITH ALLEGED COVER-UP OF A BREAKDOWN IN COORD BTWN STL TWR AND T75 WHEN AN ACR DEPARTS THE WRONG DIRECTION FROM THE CTL STRIP.
Narrative: ACR X DEPARTED DURING AN 'OZARK DEP' SWAP RTE. THE ACFT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OFF INTO DEP N AIRSPACE. INSTEAD, THE ACFT WAS DEPARTED INTO S DEP'S AIRSPACE, CHANGED TO S DEP'S ARTS TAG AND SENT TO DEP S FREQ. THE FLT PROGRESS STRIP WENT TO THE DEP N RADAR POS. WHEN RPTED TO SUPVRS, THE INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE TWR AND WE WERE TOLD THAT NO INCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE SWAP HAD BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER, THE AUTOMATED ENTRY TO CANCEL THE SWAP WAS NEVER MADE AND THE VERBAL CALL (WHICH IS REQUIRED) WAS NEVER MADE. THE TWR (STL) DEEMED THIS A 'NON EVENT' BECAUSE THEY SAID THE SWAP WAS OVER. I BELIEVE AN AIRSPACE VIOLATION OCCURRED BECAUSE NO NOTIFICATION WAS GIVEN TO THE TRACON (T75), EVEN THOUGH BOTH METHODS OF NOTIFICATION WERE WORKING NORMALLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULT. I BELIEVE THAT STL TWR IS COVERING UP THESE AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS.
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.