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ZBW controller described operational deviation during sector decombination period citing inaccurate coordination/communication and WX factors as contributory.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 792850 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200806 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : dny.vor |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 19000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller limited radar : 1 controller radar : 0.5 controller time certified in position2 : 6 |
| ASRS Report | 792850 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Deviation Intra Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
Sectors were being decombined. Traffic was deviating around thunderstorms west of dny VOR. Aircraft requested lower altitude in other sector jurisdiction. Said aircraft was 'slant zeroed' indicating aircraft had been shipped to next sector. I was on landline accomplishing coordination when said aircraft was entering next sector without handoff; the sector split; WX and lots of aircraft requests added to the overall workload. Also; the aircraft who requested lower had an unfamiliar call sign which distraction the radar controller from fully scanning said aircraft's data block. When we realized the aircraft was not shipped to the next sector; the aircraft wasn't on our frequency. It was on the split sector's frequency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZBW CTLR DESCRIBED OPDEV DURING SECTOR DECOMBINATION PERIOD CITING INACCURATE COORD/COM AND WX FACTORS AS CONTRIBUTORY.
Narrative: SECTORS WERE BEING DECOMBINED. TFC WAS DEVIATING AROUND TSTMS W OF DNY VOR. ACFT REQUESTED LOWER ALT IN OTHER SECTOR JURISDICTION. SAID ACFT WAS 'SLANT ZEROED' INDICATING ACFT HAD BEEN SHIPPED TO NEXT SECTOR. I WAS ON LANDLINE ACCOMPLISHING COORD WHEN SAID ACFT WAS ENTERING NEXT SECTOR WITHOUT HDOF; THE SECTOR SPLIT; WX AND LOTS OF ACFT REQUESTS ADDED TO THE OVERALL WORKLOAD. ALSO; THE ACFT WHO REQUESTED LOWER HAD AN UNFAMILIAR CALL SIGN WHICH DISTR THE RADAR CTLR FROM FULLY SCANNING SAID ACFT'S DATA BLOCK. WHEN WE REALIZED THE ACFT WAS NOT SHIPPED TO THE NEXT SECTOR; THE ACFT WASN'T ON OUR FREQ. IT WAS ON THE SPLIT SECTOR'S FREQ.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.