Less than standard separation occurred between a departing aircraft and an arriving aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	169386
Time
Date	199101
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ood airport : phl
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc tracon : phl
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : phl
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 19
ASRS Report	169386
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3000 vertical : 500
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error Inter Facility Coordination Failure

Narrative:

Washington center pointed out an aircraft to me at 10000' acy direct to dqo. The aircraft was to work south arrival. I was working south departure. I got a departure from phl over ood (pago) as per letter of agreement, I climbed him to 9000' and handed off to ZDC. ZDC accepted the handoff and I turned the aircraft north ZDC after pointing out 10000' traffic. Letter of agreement states ZDC had control to climb, however, since the aircraft at 10000' came to us from ZDC I did not think they would climb. They did. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Reporter stated that the two aircraft were both small transport. TRACON equipment detected the error. The ARTCC radar controller was charged with the system error.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION OCCURRED BETWEEN A DEPARTING ACFT AND AN ARRIVING ACFT.

Narrative: WASHINGTON CTR POINTED OUT AN ACFT TO ME AT 10000' ACY DIRECT TO DQO. THE ACFT WAS TO WORK S ARR. I WAS WORKING S DEP. I GOT A DEP FROM PHL OVER OOD (PAGO) AS PER LETTER OF AGREEMENT, I CLBED HIM TO 9000' AND HANDED OFF TO ZDC. ZDC ACCEPTED THE HDOF AND I TURNED THE ACFT N ZDC AFTER POINTING OUT 10000' TFC. LETTER OF AGREEMENT STATES ZDC HAD CTL TO CLB, HOWEVER, SINCE THE ACFT AT 10000' CAME TO US FROM ZDC I DID NOT THINK THEY WOULD CLB. THEY DID. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. RPTR STATED THAT THE TWO ACFT WERE BOTH SMT. TRACON EQUIP DETECTED THE ERROR. THE ARTCC RADAR CTLR WAS CHARGED WITH THE SYS ERROR.

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.