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ZFW controller does not ensure handoff is completed prior to entering adjoining controller's airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 459020 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : act.vortac |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl single value : 26000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zhu.artcc artcc : zfw.artcc |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Challenger CL600 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 29.5 controller time certified in position1 : 1 |
| ASRS Report | 459020 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Airspace Structure |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure Operational Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : zfw.artcc radar equipment : zfw.artcc |
Narrative:
I thought the handoff was made. When I began to change aircraft to next sector frequency, I noticed no handoff indicator. I manually initiated an automated handoff and immediately called the next sector. After no answer to 4 calls, I reversed the aircraft's course. However, the aircraft penetrated the next sector's space before the handoff was finally taken. For a reason unknown to me, a handoff inhibitor was preset, even though aircraft was in flat-track throughout the time I had control of the track. Coincidentally, another incident occurred dec/xa/99, same sector, same place, very similar circumstances.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZFW CTLR DOES NOT ENSURE HDOF IS COMPLETED PRIOR TO ENTERING ADJOINING CTLR'S AIRSPACE.
Narrative: I THOUGHT THE HDOF WAS MADE. WHEN I BEGAN TO CHANGE ACFT TO NEXT SECTOR FREQ, I NOTICED NO HDOF INDICATOR. I MANUALLY INITIATED AN AUTOMATED HDOF AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE NEXT SECTOR. AFTER NO ANSWER TO 4 CALLS, I REVERSED THE ACFT'S COURSE. HOWEVER, THE ACFT PENETRATED THE NEXT SECTOR'S SPACE BEFORE THE HDOF WAS FINALLY TAKEN. FOR A REASON UNKNOWN TO ME, A HDOF INHIBITOR WAS PRESET, EVEN THOUGH ACFT WAS IN FLAT-TRACK THROUGHOUT THE TIME I HAD CTL OF THE TRACK. COINCIDENTALLY, ANOTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED DEC/XA/99, SAME SECTOR, SAME PLACE, VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
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.