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Denver TRACON controller reported of an unsafe situation with an arrival and a departure aircraft. Reporter wants the STAR to be removed from use.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1396010 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | D01.TRACON |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | STAR PUFFR4 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was descending on the puffr runway 17L transition into apa pointed out to den tower local 2. Local 2 cleared aircraft Y for takeoff and when airborne aircraft Y was barely 4 miles in front of aircraft X and 4 miles was the required wake turbulence spacing. I pointed the B737 out to aircraft X and they were able to maintain visual separation. This could have been closer.I recommend that we stop using the puffr RY17L STAR immediately. It is dangerous and we've had too many close calls with it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Denver TRACON Controller reported of an unsafe situation with an arrival and a departure aircraft. Reporter wants the STAR to be removed from use.
Narrative: Aircraft X was descending on the PUFFR Runway 17L transition into APA pointed out to DEN Tower Local 2. Local 2 cleared aircraft Y for takeoff and when airborne aircraft Y was barely 4 miles in front of aircraft X and 4 miles was the required wake turbulence spacing. I pointed the B737 out to aircraft X and they were able to maintain visual separation. This could have been closer.I recommend that we stop using the PUFFR RY17L STAR immediately. It is dangerous and we've had too many close calls with it.
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.