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Center controller did not point out an aircraft and violated airspace within another center's airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1756521 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 4 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was a departure off of ZZZ enroute to ZZZ1. The aircraft was climbing to FL200. Sometimes; these aircraft need a pointout to ZZZ1 center sector xx; who owns 11;000 up to and including FL190. During covid; the sector is usually combined with ZZZ1 center sector xy; who owns FL200. Aircraft X was at the boundary of me and ZZZ1 center sector xy at 16;000; and climbing; at the same time; I had an usual situation of a high performing VFR aircraft not talking to ATC. He was climbing out of ZZZ2's airspace directly into the face of an oncoming arrival into ZZZ2 that I was working. I was busy talking to ZZZ2 asking about the aircraft and subsequently amending the altitude; turning; and calling traffic to the ZZZ2 arrival for the VFR aircraft that I missed the pointout to ZZZ1 center sector xx. I'm not sure if sector xy was open or not.in the future; I will make sure to double check the status of sectors; especially now that there is increased traffic and sectors are no longer combined the way they mostly have been for the past 4 months. I will also actively not try to let a single odd situation take my attention or distract me from the other portions of my sector.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Center Controller did not point out an aircraft and violated airspace within another center's airspace.
Narrative: Aircraft X was a departure off of ZZZ enroute to ZZZ1. The aircraft was climbing to FL200. Sometimes; these aircraft need a PointOut to ZZZ1 Center sector XX; who owns 11;000 up to and including FL190. During COVID; the sector is usually combined with ZZZ1 Center sector XY; who owns FL200. Aircraft X was at the boundary of me and ZZZ1 Center sector XY at 16;000; and climbing; At the same time; I had an usual situation of a high performing VFR aircraft not talking to ATC. He was climbing out of ZZZ2's airspace directly into the face of an oncoming arrival into ZZZ2 that I was working. I was busy talking to ZZZ2 asking about the aircraft and subsequently amending the altitude; turning; and calling traffic to the ZZZ2 arrival for the VFR aircraft that I missed the PointOut to ZZZ1 Center sector XX. I'm not sure if sector XY was open or not.In the future; I will make sure to double check the status of sectors; especially now that there is increased traffic and sectors are no longer combined the way they mostly have been for the past 4 months. I will also actively not try to let a single odd situation take my attention or distract me from the other portions of my sector.
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.