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ZDC controller assumed control position, became involved with interphone communication and failed to recognize potential conflict between 2 climbing aircraft until separation was lost.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 422842 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : hgr |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 19000 msl bound upper : 19000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| ASRS Report | 422842 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 20000 vertical : 600 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Event occurred at XA33. I assumed the position at XA31 and was organizing strips, calling an inbound in to hgr tower and generally was not aware of the problem until separation was lost.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZDC CTLR ASSUMED CTL POS, BECAME INVOLVED WITH INTERPHONE COM AND FAILED TO RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL CONFLICT BTWN 2 CLBING ACFT UNTIL SEPARATION WAS LOST.
Narrative: EVENT OCCURRED AT XA33. I ASSUMED THE POS AT XA31 AND WAS ORGANIZING STRIPS, CALLING AN INBOUND IN TO HGR TWR AND GENERALLY WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROB UNTIL SEPARATION WAS LOST.
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.