A pit TRACON controller reports of a VFR aircraft that had to climb to be able to stay VFR. Controll...

Attributes
ACN	1280501
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PIT.TRACON
State Reference	PA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 26
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

I was working drs; dr combined. Ars and FD were also open. Flm/OM/qa/ training staff and fbi also in TRACON due to vip movement; tfr a/B and C active/hot. Weather level 1-4 activity was approx a 10 mi north to south band that stretched from cx to almost grace (gx) (approx 25 mi).aircraft X was on a VFR flight plan at 105 and requested to climb to 125 in order to stay VFR. I approved altitude change and amendment to flight plan was made. Ars informed ZOB of traffic and cx inbound aircraft Y was stopped at 130. Aircraft X was informed that traffic north of him was @ 130 and if unable to maintain VFR maintain altitude of 125 and advise. Aircraft X acknowledged. ZOB took handoff and aircraft X communication was switched to ZOB. When aircraft Y was within 5 mi of traffic aircraft X appeared to climb. Aircraft Y received an RA and climbed to 140 to avoid aircraft.complexity was increased due to vip movement and large number of non-certified professional controller (cpc) personnel in TRACON. Briefings on vip movement would have been better if given earlier than 1-2 hours before vip activity as that leaves very limited time to visualize the workings of tfrs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PIT TRACON Controller reports of a VFR aircraft that had to climb to be able to stay VFR. Controller issued new altitude and told aircraft to report if unable to maintain VFR. IFR aircraft in vicinity climbed due to RA with VFR aircraft.

Narrative: I was working DRS; DR combined. ARS and FD were also open. FLM/OM/QA/ Training Staff and FBI also in TRACON due to VIP Movement; TFR A/B and C active/hot. Weather Level 1-4 activity was approx a 10 mi N to S band that stretched from CX to almost Grace (GX) (approx 25 mi).Aircraft X was on a VFR flight plan at 105 and requested to climb to 125 in order to stay VFR. I approved altitude change and amendment to flight plan was made. ARS informed ZOB of traffic and CX inbound Aircraft Y was stopped at 130. Aircraft X was informed that traffic north of him was @ 130 and if unable to maintain VFR maintain altitude of 125 and advise. Aircraft X acknowledged. ZOB took handoff and Aircraft X communication was switched to ZOB. When Aircraft Y was within 5 mi of traffic Aircraft X appeared to climb. Aircraft Y received an RA and climbed to 140 to avoid aircraft.Complexity was increased due to VIP movement and large number of non-Certified Professional Controller (CPC) personnel in TRACON. Briefings on VIP movement would have been better if given earlier than 1-2 hours before VIP activity as that leaves very limited time to visualize the workings of TFRs.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

A pit TRACON controller reports of a VFR aircraft that had to climb to be able to stay VFR. Controller issued new altitude and told aircraft to report if unable to maintain VFR. IFR aircraft in vicinity climbed due to RA with VFR aircraft.