Air carrier conflicted with opposite direction traffic at the same altitude resulting in less than s...

Attributes
ACN	110167
Time
Date	198905
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : iah
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	110167
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3000 vertical : 200
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

I climbed air carrier X off hou to 15,000' and vectored the aircraft towards lfk, out the departure gate. Due to overlapping data blocks, I deactivated the ARTS quicklook and failed to observe air carrier Y inbound to hou at 10,000'. Air carrier X apparently leveled at 10,000' to pick up speed and the aircraft passed within 1/2 mile of each other and within 200' vertically.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CONFLICTED WITH OPPOSITE DIRECTION TRAFFIC AT THE SAME ALT RESULTING IN LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION.

Narrative: I CLIMBED ACR X OFF HOU TO 15,000' AND VECTORED THE ACFT TOWARDS LFK, OUT THE DEP GATE. DUE TO OVERLAPPING DATA BLOCKS, I DEACTIVATED THE ARTS QUICKLOOK AND FAILED TO OBSERVE ACR Y INBOUND TO HOU AT 10,000'. ACR X APPARENTLY LEVELED AT 10,000' TO PICK UP SPEED AND THE ACFT PASSED WITHIN 1/2 MILE OF EACH OTHER AND WITHIN 200' VERTICALLY.

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.

Air carrier conflicted with opposite direction traffic at the same altitude resulting in less than standard separation.