Departure controller reported that when he was distracted from the scope by having to read a clearan...

Narrative:

A citation X responded to a TCAS RA with a T28. The T28 [was a] VFR overflight at 5;500 transitioning from northeast to southwest. The citation X; IFR; [was] a departure climbing to 5;000. The citation X departed on a 340 heading on another departure sector tag. I radar identified the aircraft and climbed [him] to 5;000. The flight data block scratch pad information indicated the aircraft should be routed over a fix not in my sector. I asked the pilot what the first fix was on his route of flight. The pilot responded with xxxxx..jxxx. This is not what the data block or flight progress strip indicated. I then had flight data full route the citation X to see if multiple flight plans were stored. There was only one; routing the aircraft over the intersection and with frc (full route clearance) to ZZZ in the remarks section. I then advised the pilot he would need to be re-routed. I issued the correct route to the pilot. The pilot advised he missed most of the clearance due to having to responded to a TCAS-RA. I did not notice the proximity of the citation X and the T28 due to my eyes being down reading the clearance. The citation X never descended out of 5;000; I believe he just slowed his rate of climb. No traffic was exchanged; when I looked up after reading the clearance the aircraft had already passed each other. Have the airport flight data issue the correct clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Departure Controller reported that when he was distracted from the scope by having to read a clearance; the aircraft received an RA with another aircraft he was working. Reporter cited Tower failure to issue correct clearance as contributory.

Narrative: A Citation X responded to a TCAS RA with a T28. The T28 [was a] VFR overflight at 5;500 transitioning from northeast to southwest. The Citation X; IFR; [was] a departure climbing to 5;000. The Citation X departed on a 340 heading on another departure sector tag. I radar identified the aircraft and climbed [him] to 5;000. The flight data block scratch pad information indicated the aircraft should be routed over a fix not in my sector. I asked the pilot what the first fix was on his route of flight. The pilot responded with XXXXX..JXXX. This is not what the data block or flight progress strip indicated. I then had flight data full route the Citation X to see if multiple flight plans were stored. There was only one; routing the aircraft over the intersection and with FRC (full route clearance) to ZZZ in the remarks section. I then advised the pilot he would need to be re-routed. I issued the correct route to the pilot. The pilot advised he missed most of the clearance due to having to responded to a TCAS-RA. I did not notice the proximity of the Citation X and the T28 due to my eyes being down reading the clearance. The Citation X never descended out of 5;000; I believe he just slowed his rate of climb. No traffic was exchanged; when I looked up after reading the clearance the aircraft had already passed each other. Have the airport flight data issue the correct 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	912753
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Trojan (T28)
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Citation X (C750)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Departure controller reported that when he was distracted from the scope by having to read a clearance; the aircraft received an RA with another aircraft he was working. Reporter cited tower failure to issue correct clearance as contributory.