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Handoff controller at ZNY combined his position to the radar controller and fails to brief on a pointout accepted on traffic at FL310 causing an operational error.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 607092 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200402 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : ulw.vor |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 32000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 17 |
| ASRS Report | 607092 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment : conflict alert other controllera other controllerb other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 18000 vertical : 1600 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
I accepted a pointout on an aircraft at FL310 wbound. There was no conflicting traffic at that time. I was working handoff position H34. I combined the position with the radar controller a short time later. The radar person descended an aircraft into the pointout aircraft a short time later. Lack of communication was a factor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HDOF CTLR AT ZNY COMBINED HIS POS TO THE RADAR CTLR AND FAILS TO BRIEF ON A POINTOUT ACCEPTED ON TFC AT FL310 CAUSING AN OPERROR.
Narrative: I ACCEPTED A POINTOUT ON AN ACFT AT FL310 WBOUND. THERE WAS NO CONFLICTING TFC AT THAT TIME. I WAS WORKING HDOF POS H34. I COMBINED THE POS WITH THE RADAR CTLR A SHORT TIME LATER. THE RADAR PERSON DSNDED AN ACFT INTO THE POINTOUT ACFT A SHORT TIME LATER. LACK OF COM WAS A FACTOR.
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.