Narrative:

I was working arrivals and departures in/out of phx. I had just taken over so I wasn't on position very long. The SW4 was level; flying on the airway; and was going to yuma approaches airspace. I had a couple overtake situations on the arrival; as the winds were different at the altitudes they were descending to; so it was causing complexity. Also; we haven't had the new arrivals in place very long and I am not comfortable with working that sector yet. There had been a lot of training on that sector when the arrivals first came out; and I don't feel like I have become proficient with the arrivals; which causes me to over analyze and control more cautiously. Also; our facility has recently had a rash of events occur; and we had been briefed that day to be vigilant; and had been challenged to go a year without any events; this was in the back of my head as I was trying to scan; scan; scan and catch everything. So while I was working on the arrival stream and trying to figure speeds out and my clearances; I was scanning the scope and I thought I handed-off the SW4 to nyl while he was still 15 miles outside the airspace. I ended up getting into a short conversation about speeds and became distracted with what he was telling me; so when I look back I thought the SW4 was handed off and I tried to switch the aircraft. The aircraft was right outside yuma's airspace; and was not answering. ZLA 10 sector called me to talk to me about aircraft in LA60's airspace landing phx. While I was on the line; yuma approach called to tell me the SW4 came over without a hand off. I could not answer the line until I got off of the line with LA10 and that's when I was told; and I see in the data block; that yuma didn't have radar. The SW4 was just inside the airspace. Recommendation; I needed a d-side. I can say that now right after the deviation occurred. But I didn't think at the time; and up to the deviation; that it was complex enough. A d-side could have answered the LA10 call and I could have provided a hand off to yuma. There needs to be more training on new arrivals and controllers should have an opportunity to get comfortable with them before they get implemented. One briefing and a handout saying; 'here you go'; is not sufficient. I understand developmental's need to train; but other controllers need to get comfortable as well. The fact that you have to spend so much time trying to figure out what pilot's are actually doing is unacceptable. Simulation training would have been helpful in getting comfortable; because even after working that session yesterday I am not comfortable enough.

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Title: ZAB Controller described an airspace deviation when a military aircraft entered Yuma's airspace without a hand off; the reporter claiming inadequate training and distractions involving new PHX arrival/departure procedures as casual factors.

Narrative: I was working arrivals and departures in/out of PHX. I had just taken over so I wasn't on position very long. The SW4 was level; flying on the airway; and was going to Yuma approaches airspace. I had a couple overtake situations on the arrival; as the winds were different at the altitudes they were descending to; so it was causing complexity. Also; we haven't had the new arrivals in place very long and I am not comfortable with working that sector yet. There had been a lot of training on that sector when the arrivals first came out; and I don't feel like I have become proficient with the arrivals; which causes me to over analyze and control more cautiously. Also; our facility has recently had a rash of events occur; and we had been briefed that day to be vigilant; and had been challenged to go a year without any events; this was in the back of my head as I was trying to scan; scan; scan and catch everything. So while I was working on the arrival stream and trying to figure speeds out and my clearances; I was scanning the scope and I thought I handed-off the SW4 to NYL while he was still 15 miles outside the airspace. I ended up getting into a short conversation about speeds and became distracted with what he was telling me; so when I look back I thought the SW4 was handed off and I tried to switch the aircraft. The aircraft was right outside Yuma's airspace; and was not answering. ZLA 10 Sector called me to talk to me about aircraft in LA60's airspace landing PHX. While I was on the line; Yuma Approach called to tell me the SW4 came over without a hand off. I could not answer the line until I got off of the line with LA10 and that's when I was told; and I see in the data block; that Yuma didn't have RADAR. The SW4 was just inside the airspace. Recommendation; I needed a D-Side. I can say that now right after the deviation occurred. But I didn't think at the time; and up to the deviation; that it was complex enough. A D-Side could have answered the LA10 call and I could have provided a hand off to Yuma. There needs to be more training on new arrivals and controllers should have an opportunity to get comfortable with them before they get implemented. One briefing and a handout saying; 'here you go'; is not sufficient. I understand developmental's need to train; but other controllers need to get comfortable as well. The fact that you have to spend so much time trying to figure out what pilot's are actually doing is unacceptable. Simulation training would have been helpful in getting comfortable; because even after working that session yesterday I am not comfortable enough.

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.