<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1123019, October 2013

TRACON controller issued a descent to 4;000; thinking he was issuing 6;000. Missed the read back and lost separation.

Attributes
ACN	1123019
Time
Date	201310
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Embraer Phenom 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Other Instrument Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

An embraer phenom 100 was inbound to ZZZ at 8;000 feet. I meant to descend him to 6;000 feet but I incorrectly issued 4;000 feet putting him in conflict with a ZZZ1 departure. Recommendation; work on hearback/readback clearances.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRACON Controller issued a descent to 4;000; thinking he was issuing 6;000. Missed the read back and lost separation.

Narrative: An Embraer Phenom 100 was inbound to ZZZ at 8;000 feet. I meant to descend him to 6;000 feet but I incorrectly issued 4;000 feet putting him in conflict with a ZZZ1 departure. Recommendation; work on hearback/readback clearances.

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.