Departure controller turned aircraft under his control into airspace of another controller without proper coordination which resulted in less than standard separation with another aircraft.

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Attributes
ACN	144331
Time
Date	199005
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pvd
State Reference	RI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2800
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pvd
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	144331
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 9000 vertical : 800
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

An small transport departing heading 020 degrees (local published procedure) too off runway 5 and contacted low altitude radar controller. Small transport was climbing to 2000'. An large transport departed runway 5, heading 050 degrees (local published procedure), climbing to 6000' and contacted high altitude radar controller. The low altitude radar controller turned the small transport 110 degree heading to intercept an arwy eastbound (in reality the aircraft should have been turned west to intercept the [same] arwy westbound). Both aircraft were on climb out and radar idented when the small transport was turned into the large transport's departure path. The low radar controller realized the mistake and issued a northbound heading, advised the high radar controller of the situation. Both aircraft were then issued immediate avoidance turns to regain approved sep. Human error resulted in the small transport turning east instead of west. Quick action by both controllers avoided a worse situation. The error could have been avoided by reading the flight progress strip more closely and assessing that the route of flight was westbound.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DEP CTLR TURNED ACFT UNDER HIS CONTROL INTO AIRSPACE OF ANOTHER CTLR WITHOUT PROPER COORD WHICH RESULTED IN LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION WITH ANOTHER ACFT.

Narrative: AN SMT DEPARTING HDG 020 DEGS (LCL PUBLISHED PROC) TOO OFF RWY 5 AND CONTACTED LOW ALT RADAR CTLR. SMT WAS CLBING TO 2000'. AN LGT DEPARTED RWY 5, HDG 050 DEGS (LCL PUBLISHED PROC), CLBING TO 6000' AND CONTACTED HIGH ALT RADAR CTLR. THE LOW ALT RADAR CTLR TURNED THE SMT 110 DEG HDG TO INTERCEPT AN ARWY EBND (IN REALITY THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED W TO INTERCEPT THE [SAME] ARWY WBND). BOTH ACFT WERE ON CLBOUT AND RADAR IDENTED WHEN THE SMT WAS TURNED INTO THE LGT'S DEP PATH. THE LOW RADAR CTLR REALIZED THE MISTAKE AND ISSUED A NBND HDG, ADVISED THE HIGH RADAR CTLR OF THE SITUATION. BOTH ACFT WERE THEN ISSUED IMMEDIATE AVOIDANCE TURNS TO REGAIN APPROVED SEP. HUMAN ERROR RESULTED IN THE SMT TURNING E INSTEAD OF W. QUICK ACTION BY BOTH CTLRS AVOIDED A WORSE SITUATION. THE ERROR COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY READING THE FLT PROGRESS STRIP MORE CLOSELY AND ASSESSING THAT THE RTE OF FLT WAS WBND.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.