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A80 approach controller is concerned regarding visual separation procedures with medical emergency aircraft diverting to atl.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 603900 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200401 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : a80.tracon tower : atl.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : a80.tracon tower : atl.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller radar : 23 |
| ASRS Report | 603900 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 18000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
On jan/thu/04, I was working approach control in the atlanta TRACON. I was on the north final radar position. I was told there was an aircraft diverting to atlanta with a medical emergency (apparently someone had a heart attack and had no pulse). While expediting the emergency aircraft to runway 26L I was using visual separation by the pilot from an aircraft on runway 27L and an aircraft on runway 26R. I'm not completely sure if the emergency aircraft read back visual separation on the B767 on runway 26R. The emergency aircraft landed safely on runway 26L approximately 3 mi behind the B767 on runway 26R.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A80 APCH CTLR IS CONCERNED REGARDING VISUAL SEPARATION PROCS WITH MEDICAL EMER ACFT DIVERTING TO ATL.
Narrative: ON JAN/THU/04, I WAS WORKING APCH CTL IN THE ATLANTA TRACON. I WAS ON THE N FINAL RADAR POS. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ACFT DIVERTING TO ATLANTA WITH A MEDICAL EMER (APPARENTLY SOMEONE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND HAD NO PULSE). WHILE EXPEDITING THE EMER ACFT TO RWY 26L I WAS USING VISUAL SEPARATION BY THE PLT FROM AN ACFT ON RWY 27L AND AN ACFT ON RWY 26R. I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE IF THE EMER ACFT READ BACK VISUAL SEPARATION ON THE B767 ON RWY 26R. THE EMER ACFT LANDED SAFELY ON RWY 26L APPROX 3 MI BEHIND THE B767 ON RWY 26R.
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.