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S56 controller experienced incident with descending and en route aircraft requiring visual separation application.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 604757 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200401 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : ogd.vortac |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | msl single value : 14700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : s56.tracon tower : slc.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : s56.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller time certified in position1 : 2 |
| ASRS Report | 604767 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 10200 vertical : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
E120 slc to ida pointed out to me at 14000 ft. E120 arrival on bmc arrival to slc descending rapidly from 19000 ft to 12000 ft to clear released military airspace at hif. At the last min visual separation was used to separate the 2 aircraft, thus separation was not lost.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: S56 CTLR EXPERIENCED INCIDENT WITH DSNDING AND ENRTE ACFT REQUIRING VISUAL SEPARATION APPLICATION.
Narrative: E120 SLC TO IDA POINTED OUT TO ME AT 14000 FT. E120 ARR ON BMC ARR TO SLC DSNDING RAPIDLY FROM 19000 FT TO 12000 FT TO CLR RELEASED MIL AIRSPACE AT HIF. AT THE LAST MIN VISUAL SEPARATION WAS USED TO SEPARATE THE 2 ACFT, THUS SEPARATION WAS NOT LOST.
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.