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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1562358 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZOA.ARTCC |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Instructor Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 6 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was working the r-side at sector xx. I climbed aircraft X and had a j-ring on aircraft Y. At the time when I climbed aircraft X I thought I had enough room to climb him with no problem. Aircraft Y was headed in a different direction. I got busy descending aircraft for ZZZ and ZZZ1. Training was going on at the d-side position and the trainee was having a hard time keeping up so I was doing a lot of the entries and telling the trainee what to do. I feel like if I had a cpc D side or someone more experienced helping it would have been easier to track everything. Aircraft Y was in a area of high traffic volume and density. Possibly traffic with ZZZ2 arrivals and departures and overflights in that area. Also with him maneuvering there in the future I will use vertical separation and assign a heading to aircraft Y. My comfort level with aircraft Y is low and thought he would be able to turn faster.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZOA Center Controllers reported a loss of separation between a UAV and a Small Transport.
Narrative: I was working the R-side at Sector XX. I climbed Aircraft X and had a J-ring on Aircraft Y. At the time when I climbed Aircraft X I thought I had enough room to climb him with no problem. Aircraft Y was headed in a different direction. I got busy descending aircraft for ZZZ and ZZZ1. Training was going on at the D-side position and the trainee was having a hard time keeping up so I was doing a lot of the entries and telling the trainee what to do. I feel like if I had a CPC D side or someone more experienced helping it would have been easier to track everything. Aircraft Y was in a area of high traffic volume and density. Possibly traffic with ZZZ2 arrivals and departures and overflights in that area. Also with him maneuvering there in the future I will use vertical separation and assign a heading to Aircraft Y. My comfort level with Aircraft Y is low and thought he would be able to turn faster.
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.