Narrative:

Aircraft X; a C560; was descending out of FL260 for FL240 northeast of sln. AR653 a refueling track north of salina; was being utilized by aircraft Y1 and aircraft Y2; 2 KC135's practicing refueling techniques. The sector I was working had a restr area active 10000 ft and below west of manhattan; ks; and was very busy with numerous departures and arrs off of salina; ks; -- manhattan; ks; -- wichita; ks; -- marshall army airfield (ft riley; ks) and numerous overflts traversing the sector. I needed to start aircraft X down; or he was going to have trouble descending into the airport at a short distance out. I observed a track (data tag) on one of the refueling aircraft turning to the west away from the citation; so I descended aircraft X to FL190 to continue his descent. I had several other tasks to accomplish; and as I was coming off of the land line from talking to salina tower; I noticed the refueling aircraft Y track was turning back to east; directly toward aircraft X. Before I could take additional action to effect separation; the pilot of aircraft X asked who the traffic was off his wing. I climbed the refuelers to a single altitude of FL200 and continued aircraft X descent to 16000 ft. Traffic was extremely busy; so frequency congestion was a factor. All sectors were open; and training was being conducted next to my position; so there was a great deal of vocal distraction due to its volume and amount. Another contributing factor was the comfort of the room. Our area is constantly very warm; which before the new imposed work rules were primarily combated by wearing shorts and light weight shirts; but due to the new dress code; I was uncomfortably sweaty; which does provide some amount of a distraction.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZKC CTLR EXPERIENCED OPERROR AT FL190 WHEN DSNDING ACFT THROUGH MANEUVERING MIL ACFT.

Narrative: ACFT X; A C560; WAS DSNDING OUT OF FL260 FOR FL240 NE OF SLN. AR653 A REFUELING TRACK N OF SALINA; WAS BEING UTILIZED BY ACFT Y1 AND ACFT Y2; 2 KC135'S PRACTICING REFUELING TECHNIQUES. THE SECTOR I WAS WORKING HAD A RESTR AREA ACTIVE 10000 FT AND BELOW W OF MANHATTAN; KS; AND WAS VERY BUSY WITH NUMEROUS DEPS AND ARRS OFF OF SALINA; KS; -- MANHATTAN; KS; -- WICHITA; KS; -- MARSHALL ARMY AIRFIELD (FT RILEY; KS) AND NUMEROUS OVERFLTS TRAVERSING THE SECTOR. I NEEDED TO START ACFT X DOWN; OR HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE DSNDING INTO THE ARPT AT A SHORT DISTANCE OUT. I OBSERVED A TRACK (DATA TAG) ON ONE OF THE REFUELING ACFT TURNING TO THE W AWAY FROM THE CITATION; SO I DSNDED ACFT X TO FL190 TO CONTINUE HIS DSCNT. I HAD SEVERAL OTHER TASKS TO ACCOMPLISH; AND AS I WAS COMING OFF OF THE LAND LINE FROM TALKING TO SALINA TWR; I NOTICED THE REFUELING ACFT Y TRACK WAS TURNING BACK TO E; DIRECTLY TOWARD ACFT X. BEFORE I COULD TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION TO EFFECT SEPARATION; THE PLT OF ACFT X ASKED WHO THE TFC WAS OFF HIS WING. I CLBED THE REFUELERS TO A SINGLE ALT OF FL200 AND CONTINUED ACFT X DSCNT TO 16000 FT. TFC WAS EXTREMELY BUSY; SO FREQ CONGESTION WAS A FACTOR. ALL SECTORS WERE OPEN; AND TRAINING WAS BEING CONDUCTED NEXT TO MY POS; SO THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF VOCAL DISTR DUE TO ITS VOLUME AND AMOUNT. ANOTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE COMFORT OF THE ROOM. OUR AREA IS CONSTANTLY VERY WARM; WHICH BEFORE THE NEW IMPOSED WORK RULES WERE PRIMARILY COMBATED BY WEARING SHORTS AND LIGHT WT SHIRTS; BUT DUE TO THE NEW DRESS CODE; I WAS UNCOMFORTABLY SWEATY; WHICH DOES PROVIDE SOME AMOUNT OF A DISTR.

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.