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Attributes | |
ACN | 691174 |
Time | |
Date | 200603 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | intersection : beats |
State Reference | CA |
Altitude | msl single value : 38000 |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa.artcc |
Operator | general aviation : corporate |
Make Model Name | Falcon 900 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | cruise : level |
Route In Use | enroute : pacific |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : handoff position controller : radar |
Experience | controller limited radar : 16 controller radar : 13 controller time certified in position1 : 15 |
ASRS Report | 691174 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : radar controller : handoff position |
Events | |
Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure |
Independent Detector | other controllera |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | faa : investigated |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure Operational Deviation |
Narrative:
The flight profile of aircraft X was inaccurate as a result of the controller who had previously been working sector 4 accepting a pilot estimate that was off by 3 hours. The ZOA atop/ocean 21 system subsequently recalculated the ground speed of aircraft X predicated on a flight time between the progressed (beats) fix and estimated (bradr) fix that was 3 hours longer than normal for a bizjet. Accordingly; once the out of conformance estimate was accepted by the controller and the bradr (at the ZOA/hnl boundary) time was erroneously recalculated; ocean 21 did not pass flight plan information to ZHN prior to aircraft X entering their airspace. When aircraft X showed up in hnl airspace without any advance warning; the controller there queried me about it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZOA OCEANIC CTLR EXPERIENCED OPDEV WHEN PREVIOUS CTLR ACCEPTED INACCURATE PLT FIX ESTIMATE THAT RESULTED IN UNAUTH HNL AIRSPACE ENTRY.
Narrative: THE FLT PROFILE OF ACFT X WAS INACCURATE AS A RESULT OF THE CTLR WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN WORKING SECTOR 4 ACCEPTING A PLT ESTIMATE THAT WAS OFF BY 3 HRS. THE ZOA ATOP/OCEAN 21 SYS SUBSEQUENTLY RECALCULATED THE GND SPD OF ACFT X PREDICATED ON A FLT TIME BTWN THE PROGRESSED (BEATS) FIX AND ESTIMATED (BRADR) FIX THAT WAS 3 HRS LONGER THAN NORMAL FOR A BIZJET. ACCORDINGLY; ONCE THE OUT OF CONFORMANCE ESTIMATE WAS ACCEPTED BY THE CTLR AND THE BRADR (AT THE ZOA/HNL BOUNDARY) TIME WAS ERRONEOUSLY RECALCULATED; OCEAN 21 DID NOT PASS FLT PLAN INFO TO ZHN PRIOR TO ACFT X ENTERING THEIR AIRSPACE. WHEN ACFT X SHOWED UP IN HNL AIRSPACE WITHOUT ANY ADVANCE WARNING; THE CTLR THERE QUERIED ME ABOUT IT.
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.