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Crp TRACON controller reported an opposite direction landing and takeoff occurred at crp airport with less than the required miles of separation according to the local directives.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1318864 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CRP.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2.0 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Aircraft Y requested an opposite direction practice approach which was approved by the tower. Tower scanned down 2 strips; one of which was aircraft X. TRACON called back to ask if we needed to break aircraft Y off of the approach; local control responded with no. I'm not sure how much time passed; aircraft Y was well inside of the cutoff point per our local opposite direction operation procedures when aircraft X departed on a 240 heading climbing to 3;000 feet.a supervisor was working local control. Our supervisors get the minimum amount of time needed to retain currency. Supervisors are not proficient in the tower. I do not have a solution to this problem; but something obviously needs to happen.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRP TRACON Controller reported an opposite direction landing and takeoff occurred at CRP airport with less than the required miles of separation according to the local directives.
Narrative: Aircraft Y requested an opposite direction practice approach which was approved by the Tower. Tower scanned down 2 strips; one of which was Aircraft X. TRACON called back to ask if we needed to break Aircraft Y off of the approach; local control responded with no. I'm not sure how much time passed; Aircraft Y was well inside of the cutoff point per our local opposite direction operation procedures when Aircraft X departed on a 240 heading climbing to 3;000 feet.A supervisor was working Local Control. Our supervisors get the minimum amount of time needed to retain currency. Supervisors are not proficient in the tower. I do not have a solution to this problem; but something obviously needs to happen.
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.