Narrative:

An IFR PC12 was inbound to oxd. This aircraft was handed off to me at satellite by day approach; at 4;000; per our LOA; direct to oxd. I observed a C208; tagged up on wdr (wildcat departure); and yellow on my scope (stars); but not pointed out; over mwo. This is common with the parachute jump aircraft. There was no mode C on the jump aircraft tag; and no assigned or interim altitude manually added. I asked the wdr controller about the altitude and if the jump aircraft was climbing to jump; or descending after the jump. He was kind of busy. Wdr asked the pilot their altitude; said they were descending after jump; through 10;700. Day approach called on the shout line to ask me if there was current jumping in progress. I told them that the jumpers had already cleared; as that was my understanding. When the PC12 came over; he asked if I was aware of jump operations at mwo. His track was right over the airport. I told the pilot that there had been a couple of minutes ago; and he said that they had seen the jumpers going down. He did not indicate that he felt it was a danger. I inquired with wdr if they had pointed the jump aircraft out to day; and he said he didn't think so; 'I was too busy.' the wdr position was split into 2 departure positions just after this event. As far as I know; no '2 minute;' or 'jumpers away' call was ever made by the wdr controller to either me; our radar room; or to day. This jump operation has had several problems with traffic transiting the jump zone over the last several months. A recent LOA between the jumpers; cvg; and day is of little help. The jump operation moved from I68 to mwo earlier this year; and they are now in conflict with aircraft departing cvg over the bengl departure and some aircraft inbound to our satellites as evidenced today. A better LOA that activates a jump area for day to avoid whenever we 'turn it on' would work much better; and reduce the many point out calls we make to day. This event would not have happened if such and area was in place; as it would have been active earlier in the day and not required the wdr controller to remember to make the jumpers call that he was too busy to make.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CVG Approach Controller described a near conflict event between an IFR arrival to OXD and parachute operations near MWO airport; the reporter indicating the current LOA covering these jump activities needs to be revised.

Narrative: An IFR PC12 was inbound to OXD. This aircraft was handed off to me at Satellite by DAY Approach; at 4;000; per our LOA; direct to OXD. I observed a C208; tagged up on WDR (Wildcat Departure); and yellow on my scope (STARS); but not pointed out; over MWO. This is common with the parachute jump aircraft. There was no MODE C on the jump aircraft tag; and no assigned or interim altitude manually added. I asked the WDR Controller about the altitude and if the jump aircraft was climbing to jump; or descending after the jump. He was kind of busy. WDR asked the pilot their altitude; said they were descending after jump; through 10;700. DAY Approach called on the shout line to ask me if there was current jumping in progress. I told them that the jumpers had already cleared; as that was my understanding. When the PC12 came over; he asked if I was aware of jump operations at MWO. His track was right over the airport. I told the pilot that there had been a couple of minutes ago; and he said that they had seen the jumpers going down. He did not indicate that he felt it was a danger. I inquired with WDR if they had pointed the jump aircraft out to DAY; and he said he didn't think so; 'I was too busy.' The WDR position was split into 2 departure positions just after this event. As far as I know; no '2 minute;' or 'jumpers away' call was ever made by the WDR Controller to either me; our RADAR room; or to DAY. This jump operation has had several problems with traffic transiting the jump zone over the last several months. A recent LOA between the jumpers; CVG; and DAY is of little help. The jump operation moved from I68 to MWO earlier this year; and they are now in conflict with aircraft departing CVG over the BENGL Departure and some aircraft inbound to our satellites as evidenced today. A better LOA that activates a jump area for DAY to avoid whenever we 'turn it on' would work much better; and reduce the many point out calls we make to DAY. This event would not have happened if such and area was in place; as it would have been active earlier in the day and not required the WDR Controller to remember to make the jumpers call that he was too busy to make.

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.