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ZDC controller issued incorrect altitude, resulting in operational error.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 599519 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200311 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hgr.airport |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | agl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc.artcc |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Baron 55/Cochise |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc.artcc |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 13 controller time certified in position1 : 12 |
| ASRS Report | 599519 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment : conflict alert other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 18000 vertical : 600 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Aircraft was being vectored for approach to hgr at 4000 ft. Aircraft #2 was also going to hgr and was issued 4000 ft, but I thought I issued 5000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZDC CTLR ISSUED INCORRECT ALT, RESULTING IN OPERROR.
Narrative: ACFT WAS BEING VECTORED FOR APCH TO HGR AT 4000 FT. ACFT #2 WAS ALSO GOING TO HGR AND WAS ISSUED 4000 FT, BUT I THOUGHT I ISSUED 5000 FT.
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.