Mkc controller described a conflict event between an IFR departure and a local photo mission aircraf...

Narrative:

Mkc/mci were in a south flow. Runway 19 was the main runway. The cessna was in contact with departure east maneuvering about 5miles southwest to southeast at 4500 on a photo mission. Mci instructed mkc to stop jets at 4000. Satellite south called and gave me missed approach instructions for aircraft X on a practice ILS to runway 19. The instructions were 'give aircraft X standard jet departure and 318.1'. The standard jet departure is turn right heading 230 and maintain 5000. At that time the cessna was 5 miles sse and moving east so I didn't think to much of it. As aircraft X started to execute his climb out I observed the cessna had turned back to the west and was closing on the T38. I issued traffic and the pilot 'rogered' them but did not call the traffic in sight. I issued the traffic again and the pilot stated that he was level at 5000. The T38 climbed so fast that the mode C went from 3500 to 5000 in one sweep so I don't know how close the airplanes actually were to each other. I would estimate 1 mile and 500 feet. The approach controller should have been more specific in his instructions and I should have questioned him about the altitude restriction.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MKC Controller described a conflict event between an IFR departure and a local photo mission aircraft when missed approach instructions were misunderstood between controllers.

Narrative: MKC/MCI were in a South flow. Runway 19 was the main runway. The Cessna was in contact with Departure East maneuvering about 5miles SW to SE at 4500 on a photo mission. MCI instructed MKC to stop jets at 4000. Satellite South called and gave me missed approach instructions for Aircraft X on a practice ILS to Runway 19. The instructions were 'give Aircraft X standard jet departure and 318.1'. The standard jet departure is turn right heading 230 and maintain 5000. At that time the Cessna was 5 miles SSE and moving east so I didn't think to much of it. As Aircraft X started to execute his climb out I observed the Cessna had turned back to the West and was closing on the T38. I issued traffic and the pilot 'rogered' them but did not call the traffic in sight. I issued the traffic again and the pilot stated that he was level at 5000. The T38 climbed so fast that the Mode C went from 3500 to 5000 in one sweep so I don't know how close the airplanes actually were to each other. I would estimate 1 mile and 500 feet. The Approach Controller should have been more specific in his instructions and I should have questioned him about the altitude restriction.

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	966279
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MKC.Tower
State Reference	MO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Talon (T38)
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Mkc controller described a conflict event between an IFR departure and a local photo mission aircraft when missed approach instructions were misunderstood between controllers.