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ARTCC radar controller, providing OJT instruction, misidentifies F14 military aircraft and handoffs military aircraft to other controller. Military aircraft comes in conflict with climbing MD80 on other controller's frequency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 410796 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ric |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Tomcat (F14) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : instrument |
| Experience | controller radar : 11 flight time total : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 410796 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 12000 vertical : 700 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Neither trainee nor trainer established position of F14 aircraft with faulty transponder. Also, receiving controller accepted a handoff without a target and based separation on a coast data block.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ARTCC RADAR CTLR, PROVIDING OJT INSTRUCTION, MISIDENTS F14 MIL ACFT AND HDOFS MIL ACFT TO OTHER CTLR. MIL ACFT COMES IN CONFLICT WITH CLBING MD80 ON OTHER CTLR'S FREQ.
Narrative: NEITHER TRAINEE NOR TRAINER ESTABLISHED POS OF F14 ACFT WITH FAULTY XPONDER. ALSO, RECEIVING CTLR ACCEPTED A HDOF WITHOUT A TARGET AND BASED SEPARATION ON A COAST DATA BLOCK.
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.