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TRACON controller distracted by an emergency allowed an aircraft to stray onto the boundary of another facility's airspace without a point out.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1039422 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201209 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 402/402C/B379 Businessliner/Utiliner |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Departure Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Airspace Violation All Types |
Narrative:
I was working all sectors combined. An aircraft departed the airport and soon after said he had a 'flap failure' and needed to return to the airport. ATC declared an emergency for the aircraft. While I was getting all the needed information from the emergency aircraft and talking with the controller in charge; a C402 was on a downwind vector for ILS runway 5. Because I was focused on the emergency; the C402 got a late base turn which put him right on the boundary of N90's airspace. A better scan from myself and controller in charge would have prevented this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TRACON Controller distracted by an emergency allowed an aircraft to stray onto the boundary of another facility's airspace without a point out.
Narrative: I was working all sectors combined. An aircraft departed the airport and soon after said he had a 'flap failure' and needed to return to the airport. ATC declared an emergency for the aircraft. While I was getting all the needed information from the emergency aircraft and talking with the CIC; a C402 was on a downwind vector for ILS Runway 5. Because I was focused on the emergency; the C402 got a late base turn which put him right on the boundary of N90's airspace. A better scan from myself and CIC would have prevented this.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.