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A80 controller was notified of an operational error at 3500 ft during visual approach procedures discovered at a later date during a facility evaluation review.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 678930 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200511 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B717 (Formerly MD-95) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : a80.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B717 (Formerly MD-95) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 27 |
| ASRS Report | 678930 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 15000 vertical : 700 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Aircraft #1 and aircraft #2 were on downwind vectors to airport for a visual approach. Aircraft #1 was pointed out to aircraft #2 and pilot told me he had him in sight. I continued vectors for visual approach and cleared aircraft #2 for visual approach at appropriate time. Facility evaluation took place the following week. During a random replay of this event; the evaluation team thought that an error had occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A80 CTLR WAS NOTIFIED OF AN OPERROR AT 3500 FT DURING VISUAL APCH PROCS DISCOVERED AT A LATER DATE DURING A FACILITY EVALUATION REVIEW.
Narrative: ACFT #1 AND ACFT #2 WERE ON DOWNWIND VECTORS TO ARPT FOR A VISUAL APCH. ACFT #1 WAS POINTED OUT TO ACFT #2 AND PLT TOLD ME HE HAD HIM IN SIGHT. I CONTINUED VECTORS FOR VISUAL APCH AND CLRED ACFT #2 FOR VISUAL APCH AT APPROPRIATE TIME. FACILITY EVALUATION TOOK PLACE THE FOLLOWING WK. DURING A RANDOM REPLAY OF THIS EVENT; THE EVALUATION TEAM THOUGHT THAT AN ERROR HAD OCCURRED.
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.