Indication of a loss of separation between a descending air carrier B737 and climbing military DC10.

Attributes
ACN	385459
Time
Date	199711
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fmg
State Reference	NV
Altitude	msl bound lower : 17000 msl bound upper : 17000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zoa
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	other
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	other : other
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 2
ASRS Report	385459
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Miss Distance	horizontal : 21000 vertical : 500
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Loss of separation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INDICATION OF A LOSS OF SEPARATION BTWN A DSNDING ACR B737 AND CLBING MIL DC10.

Narrative: LOSS OF SEPARATION.

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.