A VOR/DME approach to a satellite airport was previously notamed 'not authority/authorized' and an a...

Attributes
ACN	275617
Time
Date	199406
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : csg airport : 7a9
State Reference	GA
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : csg
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	other : unknown
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 5
ASRS Report	275617
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

VOR/DME-B approach at 7a9, plains, peterson field, GA had been notamed as 'not authority/authorized' for about a month on jun/fri/94. An aircraft requested the approach, which we declined. A controller recalled that a flight check aircraft had been in that area 9 days before. I called atl fifo and inquired on the status of the approach procedure. They checked and determined that they attempted to cancel the NOTAM on jun/wed/94, but that the cancellation had gotten lost in the shuffle and the NOTAM had never been canceled. They again initiated the cancellation at about A30Z. Later in the day. I called the NOTAM office and was advised that the NOTAM was officially canceled at B08Z. At H00Z, I called ZTL, who serves as the dissemination point to us, and they still had no record of the cancellation, even though I gave them the NOTAM number that transmitted the cancellation. Problem: a large unwieldy NOTAM system with too many different types of NOTAMS and distribution system with no system to double-check with the end user.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A VOR/DME APCH TO A SATELLITE ARPT WAS PREVIOUSLY NOTAMED 'NOT AUTH' AND AN ACFT REQUEST FOR THAT APCH WAS DECLINED. THE NOTAM HAD NOT BEEN CANCELED BY FSS THE PREVIOUS WK.

Narrative: VOR/DME-B APCH AT 7A9, PLAINS, PETERSON FIELD, GA HAD BEEN NOTAMED AS 'NOT AUTH' FOR ABOUT A MONTH ON JUN/FRI/94. AN ACFT REQUESTED THE APCH, WHICH WE DECLINED. A CTLR RECALLED THAT A FLT CHK ACFT HAD BEEN IN THAT AREA 9 DAYS BEFORE. I CALLED ATL FIFO AND INQUIRED ON THE STATUS OF THE APCH PROC. THEY CHKED AND DETERMINED THAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO CANCEL THE NOTAM ON JUN/WED/94, BUT THAT THE CANCELLATION HAD GOTTEN LOST IN THE SHUFFLE AND THE NOTAM HAD NEVER BEEN CANCELED. THEY AGAIN INITIATED THE CANCELLATION AT ABOUT A30Z. LATER IN THE DAY. I CALLED THE NOTAM OFFICE AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE NOTAM WAS OFFICIALLY CANCELED AT B08Z. AT H00Z, I CALLED ZTL, WHO SERVES AS THE DISSEMINATION POINT TO US, AND THEY STILL HAD NO RECORD OF THE CANCELLATION, EVEN THOUGH I GAVE THEM THE NOTAM NUMBER THAT XMITTED THE CANCELLATION. PROB: A LARGE UNWIELDY NOTAM SYS WITH TOO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOTAMS AND DISTRIBUTION SYS WITH NO SYS TO DOUBLE-CHK WITH THE END USER.

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.

A VOR/DME approach to a satellite airport was previously notamed 'not authority/authorized' and an aircraft request for that approach was declined. The NOTAM had not been canceled by FSS the previous week.