Flow control reported mia airport closed.

Attributes
ACN	278626
Time
Date	199407
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mia
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma tower : mia
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 4 controller non radar : 2 controller radar : 9
ASRS Report	278626
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During a very busy evening of WX deviations and sector saturation an error occurred which I feel could have created an accident/incident, was unsafe, and which cost the airlines a lot of money. Miami ARTCC tmu (flow control) advised area one that miami airport was closed due to WX. We began holding all miami arrs at which time several aircraft diverted to other airports. Unfortunately, the airport was never closed, the information was incorrect, and the present system we use lends itself to these types of errors. The holding created a huge workload on some pretty tired controllers. This has happened before with tmu's. I submitted a suggestion to create more accountability at this unit!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLOW CTL RPTED MIA ARPT CLOSED.

Narrative: DURING A VERY BUSY EVENING OF WX DEVS AND SECTOR SATURATION AN ERROR OCCURRED WHICH I FEEL COULD HAVE CREATED AN ACCIDENT/INCIDENT, WAS UNSAFE, AND WHICH COST THE AIRLINES A LOT OF MONEY. MIAMI ARTCC TMU (FLOW CTL) ADVISED AREA ONE THAT MIAMI ARPT WAS CLOSED DUE TO WX. WE BEGAN HOLDING ALL MIAMI ARRS AT WHICH TIME SEVERAL ACFT DIVERTED TO OTHER ARPTS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ARPT WAS NEVER CLOSED, THE INFO WAS INCORRECT, AND THE PRESENT SYS WE USE LENDS ITSELF TO THESE TYPES OF ERRORS. THE HOLDING CREATED A HUGE WORKLOAD ON SOME PRETTY TIRED CTLRS. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE WITH TMU'S. I SUBMITTED A SUGGESTION TO CREATE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AT THIS UNIT!

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.