A controller issued a frequency change to an adjacent sector for an aircraft. The controller then re...

Narrative:

I missed handing off the data block aircraft X to ZME sector M33. With several other operations in progress (ILS approach to mwa requesting visual approach; vectoring other aircraft for conflict avoidance; etc.) I believe I was distracted from the task at hand (expecting an auto-hand off to the wrong stratum M33 rather than M25 as the feature is set to auto hand-off to only the middle stratum). After realizing the data block for aircraft X did not indicate a handoff to ZME (I had already switched aircraft X to ZME M33); I called to verify with ZME M33 if they indeed had the handoff; to which the reply was affirmative; they did have radar contact and radio communications with aircraft X. Either I erred in not appropriately handing off the aircraft; or computer malfunction. I have not reviewed the instant replay yet; and I'm not certain at this point.set auto handoff feature (for stl departures) to auto hand to next sector owning the airspace for either the entered interim altitude; or the indicated final altitude the aircraft is climbing to ( as opposed to the current auto handoff setting for stl departures of only to the middle stratum (M25).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Controller issued a frequency change to an adjacent sector for an aircraft. The Controller then realized they had not handed off the data block and target of the aircraft.

Narrative: I missed handing off the data block Aircraft X to ZME sector M33. With several other operations in progress (ILS approach to MWA requesting Visual Approach; vectoring other aircraft for conflict avoidance; etc.) I believe I was distracted from the task at hand (expecting an auto-hand off to the wrong stratum M33 rather than M25 as the feature is set to auto hand-off to only the middle stratum). After realizing the data block for Aircraft X did not indicate a handoff to ZME (I had already switched Aircraft X to ZME M33); I called to verify with ZME M33 if they indeed had the handoff; to which the reply was affirmative; they did have radar contact and radio communications with Aircraft X. Either I erred in not appropriately handing off the aircraft; or computer malfunction. I have not reviewed the instant replay yet; and I'm not certain at this point.Set auto handoff feature (for STL departures) to auto hand to next sector owning the airspace for either the entered interim altitude; or the indicated final altitude the aircraft is climbing to ( as opposed to the current auto handoff setting for STL departures of only to the middle stratum (M25).

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.

Attributes
ACN	1310129
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZKC.ARTCC
State Reference	KS
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.7
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A controller issued a frequency change to an adjacent sector for an aircraft. The controller then realized they had not handed off the data block and target of the aircraft.