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Pns ATCT local controller refused to accept a PA28 on an automated handoff from approach control when approaching the airport VFR.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 572367 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200301 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pns.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : p31.tracon tower : pns.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach controller : supervisor oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 8 controller non radar : 2 controller radar : 32 controller supervisory : 14 |
| ASRS Report | 572367 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera other controllerb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
PA28 was inbound to pns, VFR, for a downwind entry to runway 35. The aircraft's mode C was inoperative. The aircraft was in an automated handoff to pns tower. Local controller did not accept the handoff and when he asked the radar controller for the aircraft's altitude, the radar controller said he didn't know. The aircraft then entered tower delegated airspace without a handoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PNS ATCT LCL CTLR REFUSED TO ACCEPT A PA28 ON AN AUTOMATED HDOF FROM APCH CTL WHEN APCHING THE ARPT VFR.
Narrative: PA28 WAS INBOUND TO PNS, VFR, FOR A DOWNWIND ENTRY TO RWY 35. THE ACFT'S MODE C WAS INOP. THE ACFT WAS IN AN AUTOMATED HDOF TO PNS TWR. LCL CTLR DID NOT ACCEPT THE HDOF AND WHEN HE ASKED THE RADAR CTLR FOR THE ACFT'S ALT, THE RADAR CTLR SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW. THE ACFT THEN ENTERED TWR DELEGATED AIRSPACE WITHOUT A HDOF.
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.