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ZFW instructor controller described incident where aircraft returning to airport was handed off to wrong sector and an unauthorized airspace entry occurred.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 706098 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200608 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 15000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 13 controller time certified in position1 : 13 |
| ASRS Report | 706098 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft was returning due to equipment problems. My trainee vectored the aircraft for sequencing; then initiated an automated handoff to approach control. Computer routing on the flight plan was correct; but handoff went back to the departure sector instead of the arrival sector; and we were late catching the error. The data tags showed 'D1L' for the sector receiving the handoff instead of 'D1E.' I am very curious how our computer automation erred this way. I have never had occasion to hand off to a departure sector at approach control and have never before seen 'D1L' in a data block.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZFW INSTRUCTOR CTLR DESCRIBED INCIDENT WHERE ACFT RETURNING TO ARPT WAS HANDED OFF TO WRONG SECTOR AND AN UNAUTH AIRSPACE ENTRY OCCURRED.
Narrative: ACFT WAS RETURNING DUE TO EQUIP PROBS. MY TRAINEE VECTORED THE ACFT FOR SEQUENCING; THEN INITIATED AN AUTOMATED HDOF TO APCH CTL. COMPUTER ROUTING ON THE FLT PLAN WAS CORRECT; BUT HDOF WENT BACK TO THE DEP SECTOR INSTEAD OF THE ARR SECTOR; AND WE WERE LATE CATCHING THE ERROR. THE DATA TAGS SHOWED 'D1L' FOR THE SECTOR RECEIVING THE HDOF INSTEAD OF 'D1E.' I AM VERY CURIOUS HOW OUR COMPUTER AUTOMATION ERRED THIS WAY. I HAVE NEVER HAD OCCASION TO HAND OFF TO A DEP SECTOR AT APCH CTL AND HAVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN 'D1L' IN A DATA BLOCK.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.