 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
ZFW controller involved in operational error, concerned with lack of supervisor response and control sector confign.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 460688 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bos.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw.artcc |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | controller radar : 18 flight time last 90 days : 0 flight time total : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 460688 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment : conflict alert atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 28800 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Airspace Structure |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
2 aircraft on converging rtes, faster aircraft in back. Rear aircraft overtook procedure aircraft. Conflict alert did not activate until loss of separation. Very busy departure sector with a mix of jet and propeller aircraft. Supervision did not provide assistance until after the incident. Lack of teamwork caused an overloaded radar controller to miss traffic. I was working 4 position, alone, during a busy departure push. The supervisor was sitting within 5 ft of me and did not offer assistance until it was too late. This situation occurs so often, it almost seems normal. We need help!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZFW CTLR INVOLVED IN OPERROR, CONCERNED WITH LACK OF SUPVR RESPONSE AND CTL SECTOR CONFIGN.
Narrative: 2 ACFT ON CONVERGING RTES, FASTER ACFT IN BACK. REAR ACFT OVERTOOK PROC ACFT. CONFLICT ALERT DID NOT ACTIVATE UNTIL LOSS OF SEPARATION. VERY BUSY DEP SECTOR WITH A MIX OF JET AND PROP ACFT. SUPERVISION DID NOT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE UNTIL AFTER THE INCIDENT. LACK OF TEAMWORK CAUSED AN OVERLOADED RADAR CTLR TO MISS TFC. I WAS WORKING 4 POS, ALONE, DURING A BUSY DEP PUSH. THE SUPVR WAS SITTING WITHIN 5 FT OF ME AND DID NOT OFFER ASSISTANCE UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. THIS SIT OCCURS SO OFTEN, IT ALMOST SEEMS NORMAL. WE NEED HELP!
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.