Narrative:

N90 called with an emergency indicating air carrier X was somewhere west of rbv VOR; lost; no radar identify. I located and idented the lost aircraft north of the cyn VOR; well inside the airspace of ZNY sector 68. The air carrier did not have a transponder code due to maintenance and no track was started. He flew unidented for 100 mi through airspace and other traffic. New york approach had numerous operrors and opdevs.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZNY CTLR DESCRIBED EVENT OF ACR DEP FROM N90'S AIRSPACE NOT IDENTED AND FLEW THROUGH A NUMBER OF CTR SECTORS WITHOUT IDENT.

Narrative: N90 CALLED WITH AN EMER INDICATING ACR X WAS SOMEWHERE W OF RBV VOR; LOST; NO RADAR IDENT. I LOCATED AND IDENTED THE LOST ACFT N OF THE CYN VOR; WELL INSIDE THE AIRSPACE OF ZNY SECTOR 68. THE ACR DID NOT HAVE A XPONDER CODE DUE TO MAINT AND NO TRACK WAS STARTED. HE FLEW UNIDENTED FOR 100 MI THROUGH AIRSPACE AND OTHER TFC. NEW YORK APCH HAD NUMEROUS OPERRORS AND OPDEVS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.