Orlando TRACON controller reported an airspace incursion and a loss of separation due to another con...

Narrative:

Aircraft Y was being worked by the stn controller on a 160 heading and clipped the corner of my airspace on final (arm sector); right where aircraft X was descending out of 6;000 for 4;000. Aircraft Y entered my airspace without a point-out. The stn controller was busy and had several areas of thunderstorms affecting his airspace. Aircraft Y passed less than 5 miles behind aircraft X; a heavy with 700 feet of altitude. There was several significant areas of precipitation affecting the entire airspace and every sector was overwhelmed including the supervisors. There was not enough staffing to staff hand-off positions and coordinator positions. Supervisors were having to work coordinator positions for the mco departure sectors and arrivals sectors and were not able to keep an eye on other sectors than may need attention.I recommend adequate staffing levels to staff coordinator and hand-off positions so that supervisors are not having to stand behind just 1 sector to coordinate for an extended period of time and they can keep an eye on the entire operation. It is a known issue that F11 experiences significant thunderstorms every afternoon during the summer months and staffing was decreased instead of increased to allow for necessary positions to be staffed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Orlando TRACON Controller reported an airspace incursion and a loss of separation due to another Controller being overwhelmed with traffic and weather.

Narrative: Aircraft Y was being worked by the STN controller on a 160 heading and clipped the corner of my airspace on final (ARM sector); right where Aircraft X was descending out of 6;000 for 4;000. Aircraft Y entered my airspace without a point-out. The STN controller was busy and had several areas of thunderstorms affecting his airspace. Aircraft Y passed less than 5 miles behind Aircraft X; a heavy with 700 feet of altitude. There was several significant areas of precipitation affecting the entire airspace and every sector was overwhelmed including the supervisors. There was not enough staffing to staff hand-off positions and coordinator positions. Supervisors were having to work Coordinator positions for the MCO departure sectors and arrivals sectors and were not able to keep an eye on other sectors than may need attention.I recommend adequate staffing levels to staff coordinator and hand-off positions so that supervisors are not having to stand behind just 1 sector to coordinate for an extended period of time and they can keep an eye on the entire operation. It is a known issue that F11 experiences significant thunderstorms every afternoon during the summer months and staffing was decreased instead of increased to allow for necessary positions to be staffed.

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	1470460
Time
Date	201708
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	F11.TRACON
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 129
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2.5
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Orlando TRACON controller reported an airspace incursion and a loss of separation due to another controller being overwhelmed with traffic and weather.