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A traffic management coordinator reported an aircraft departed on an RNAV SID that could not comply with the crossing restrictions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1616173 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAS.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Traffic Management |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 10 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The tower supervisor called the TRACON supervisor. Tower supervisor advised that aircraft X was on the runway and couldn't meet the altitude restrictions. TRACON supervisor assumed that the departure was rolling and said I'll let the departure controller know. Tower took this to mean that it was approved to leave aircraft X on the departure and cleared the aircraft for takeoff. On initial contact the pilot advised the controller. The controller turned the aircraft prior to the fix to avoid the arrival conflict. This is a very common problem with A321s that have destinations on the east coast. We should change the procedure as to stop calling to get approval every time for these issues; and change all of them to classic departures that the aircraft will be able to comply with.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Traffic Management Coordinator reported an aircraft departed on an RNAV SID that could not comply with the crossing restrictions.
Narrative: The Tower Supervisor called the TRACON Supervisor. Tower Supervisor advised that Aircraft X was on the runway and couldn't meet the altitude restrictions. TRACON Supervisor assumed that the departure was rolling and said I'll let the Departure Controller know. Tower took this to mean that it was approved to leave Aircraft X on the departure and cleared the aircraft for takeoff. On initial contact the pilot advised the controller. The controller turned the aircraft prior to the fix to avoid the arrival conflict. This is a very common problem with A321s that have destinations on the east coast. We should change the procedure as to stop calling to get approval every time for these issues; and change all of them to classic departures that the aircraft will be able to comply with.
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.