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Zan controller described a confused hand off event; claiming automated coordination between zan and cyvr is lacking and needs to be established.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 929869 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201101 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAN.ARTCC |
| State Reference | AK |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was working sector R8 at zan. Fifteen to twenty minutes after taking the sector; an aircraft; enroute to ktn; called me looking for lower. The aircraft was about fifty miles southeast of my sector boundary and still inside cyvr's airspace. I checked the flight strip and saw that he intended to land in ktn; issued a pilot's discretion descent to 080 and issued the ktn altimeter setting. Several minutes later a cyvr controller called and asked me if I was talking to the aircraft. I responded that I was and that he was issued a descent to 080. The cyvr controller said he had 'just sat down' and was confused about the aircraft because he didn't show a descent issued or a hand off made with zan. The pilot had switched frequencies without permission from cyvr. Recommendation; zan and cyvr share radar data in the ktn area but are required to make manual hand off's. When looking at a target on the scope; it appears that zan has taken the hand off as soon as the target appears. Automation between the two facilities would prevent future events as the one previously described.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZAN Controller described a confused hand off event; claiming automated coordination between ZAN and CYVR is lacking and needs to be established.
Narrative: I was working Sector R8 at ZAN. Fifteen to twenty minutes after taking the sector; an aircraft; enroute to KTN; called me looking for lower. The aircraft was about fifty miles southeast of my sector boundary and still inside CYVR's airspace. I checked the flight strip and saw that he intended to land in KTN; issued a pilot's discretion descent to 080 and issued the KTN altimeter setting. Several minutes later a CYVR Controller called and asked me if I was talking to the aircraft. I responded that I was and that he was issued a descent to 080. The CYVR Controller said he had 'just sat down' and was confused about the aircraft because he didn't show a descent issued or a hand off made with ZAN. The pilot had switched frequencies without permission from CYVR. Recommendation; ZAN and CYVR share RADAR data in the KTN area but are required to make manual hand off's. When looking at a target on the scope; it appears that ZAN has taken the hand off as soon as the target appears. Automation between the two facilities would prevent future events as the one previously described.
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.