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Gpt controller described a potential conflict event while working alone in the TRACON; the reporter suggests the facility staffing assignments as contributory.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 961536 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201107 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GPT.TRACON |
| State Reference | MS |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-24 Turbo Comanche |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
While working are; ade arw; adw cc; arf; cc and rcic combined (alone in TRACON); an enroute aircraft deviating for weather requested higher. I approved the request and issued a climb instruction to the aircraft. Another crossing enroute aircraft was at a conflicting altitude. When I realized the conflict; I issued traffic alerts to both aircraft; the climbing aircraft saw the aircraft which was in level flight. I instructed aircraft X to maintain visual separation and resume own navigation and informed the other aircraft of the same information. Distractions that I was handling at the time involved numerous aircraft deviating for weather; military practice approaches (with a military aircraft experiencing an equipment failure during the approach and having to be broken off of the approach); other out the ordinary requests from arriving aircraft requiring coordination with positions within the facility and various routine and extraordinary land line communications. Don't leave any controller in operations area alone. New procedures put in place at gpt require the individual working radar in the TRACON to be left alone numerous times though out the day. The watch supervisor is required to be in the tower cabin attendant. The flm cannot monitor the facility operations from the tower cabin attendant.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GPT Controller described a potential conflict event while working alone in the TRACON; the reporter suggests the facility staffing assignments as contributory.
Narrative: While working ARE; ADE ARW; ADW CC; ARF; CC and RCIC combined (alone in TRACON); an enroute aircraft deviating for weather requested higher. I approved the request and issued a climb instruction to the aircraft. Another crossing enroute aircraft was at a conflicting altitude. When I realized the conflict; I issued traffic alerts to both aircraft; the climbing aircraft saw the aircraft which was in level flight. I instructed Aircraft X to maintain visual separation and resume own navigation and informed the other aircraft of the same information. Distractions that I was handling at the time involved numerous aircraft deviating for weather; military practice approaches (with a military aircraft experiencing an equipment failure during the approach and having to be broken off of the approach); other out the ordinary requests from arriving aircraft requiring coordination with positions within the facility and various routine and extraordinary land line communications. Don't leave any controller in operations area alone. New procedures put in place at GPT require the individual working RADAR in the TRACON to be left alone numerous times though out the day. The watch supervisor is required to be in the Tower CAB. The FLM cannot monitor the facility operations from the Tower CAB.
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.