Mci controller experienced an airspace incursion event when an automated hand off failed and he/she ...

Narrative:

I was working departure east and a flight of two C130's departed stj airport on a military recovery route (wilie recovery) climbing to 4000. I identified the flight and issued maintain 4000. I then put the data tag in hand-off status because a small portion of this route enters ZKC's sector 44 airspace. I then proceeded to get several departures off of mci and mkc airports along with a VFR jet departure off of an uncontrolled airport requesting IFR clearance. The VFR jet had already been told to stay on the ground and call the TRACON to get his IFR flight plan because it was a full route clearance to teb and there were a lot of fixes. The pilot did not comply. After several blocked transmissions to aircraft on multiple frequencies; I asked the supervisor to let ZKC know that the VFR pop up jet would not have his full route; but just enough to get him out of our airspace. As the traffic built up I stopped mci jet departures due to congestion. I then looked at the C130's data tag and saw a flashing 'if' (interface failure) and they were already in sector 44's airspace. I immediately notified the supervisor and another controller in the TRACON 'satellite south' called and pointed the aircraft out to sector 44 and they gave us control of the flight surface to 4000. Recommendation; automation do the job that it is designed to do. Pilots comply with instructions when told to stay on the ground until they have their clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MCI controller experienced an airspace incursion event when an automated hand off failed and he/she was distracted by an IFR aircraft that departed VFR contrary to prior ATC instructions.

Narrative: I was working Departure East and a flight of two C130's departed STJ airport on a military recovery route (Wilie Recovery) climbing to 4000. I identified the flight and issued maintain 4000. I then put the data tag in hand-off status because a small portion of this route enters ZKC's Sector 44 airspace. I then proceeded to get several departures off of MCI and MKC airports along with a VFR jet departure off of an uncontrolled airport requesting IFR clearance. The VFR jet had already been told to stay on the ground and call the TRACON to get his IFR flight plan because it was a full route clearance to TEB and there were a lot of fixes. The pilot did not comply. After several blocked transmissions to aircraft on multiple frequencies; I asked the Supervisor to let ZKC know that the VFR pop up jet would not have his full route; but just enough to get him out of our airspace. As the traffic built up I stopped MCI jet departures due to congestion. I then looked at the C130's data tag and saw a flashing 'IF' (interface failure) and they were already in Sector 44's airspace. I immediately notified the Supervisor and another controller in the TRACON 'Satellite South' called and pointed the aircraft out to Sector 44 and they gave us control of the flight surface to 4000. Recommendation; automation do the job that it is designed to do. Pilots comply with instructions when told to stay on the ground until they have their clearance.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	893358
Time
Date	201006
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MCI.TRACON
State Reference	MO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Hercules (C-130)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Mci controller experienced an airspace incursion event when an automated hand off failed and he/she was distracted by an IFR aircraft that departed VFR contrary to prior ATC instructions.