Medium large transport penetrated adjacent airspace without a handoff.

Attributes
ACN	106832
Time
Date	198903
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bum
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Military Transport
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	106832
Person 2
Affiliation	government : military
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : military
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation Inter Facility Coordination Failure

Narrative:

Mlt was being vectored for his descent. No 'hard' altitude was entered in his data block below FL310. An attempt to hand him off to kc approach resulted in 'ARTS not on route.' manual coordination was not effected in a timely manner.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG PENETRATED ADJACENT AIRSPACE WITHOUT A HANDOFF.

Narrative: MLT WAS BEING VECTORED FOR HIS DSCNT. NO 'HARD' ALT WAS ENTERED IN HIS DATA BLOCK BELOW FL310. AN ATTEMPT TO HAND HIM OFF TO KC APCH RESULTED IN 'ARTS NOT ON ROUTE.' MANUAL COORD WAS NOT EFFECTED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.