 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Approach controller says too many aircraft in airspace at one time. Some aircraft had to be vectored out of class B airspace. Sector saturation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 341918 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lax |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Experience | controller military : 6 controller non radar : 2 controller radar : 4 |
| ASRS Report | 341918 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
On jul/xx/96, traffic in AR2 airspace was beyond saturation. Some acrs were vectored out of class B airspace. Too many planes were in the air at one time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: APCH CTLR SAYS TOO MANY ACFT IN AIRSPACE AT ONE TIME. SOME ACFT HAD TO BE VECTORED OUT OF CLASS B AIRSPACE. SECTOR SATURATION.
Narrative: ON JUL/XX/96, TFC IN AR2 AIRSPACE WAS BEYOND SATURATION. SOME ACRS WERE VECTORED OUT OF CLASS B AIRSPACE. TOO MANY PLANES WERE IN THE AIR AT ONE TIME.
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.