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Nct controller experienced operational error at 4000 when failing to coordination aircraft heading with receiving controller; resulting in an airspace/aircraft confliction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 753238 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200709 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sjc.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : nct.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : nct.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure sid : n/s |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : military controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 1 controller radar : 4 |
| ASRS Report | 753238 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 13800 vertical : 700 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Intra Facility Coordination Failure Operational Error |
Narrative:
B737 was given a vector prior to frequency change. The vector carried B737 into an adjacent controller's airspace without a pointout and loss of separation occurred with an aircraft departing sjc.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NCT CTLR EXPERIENCED OPERROR AT 4000 WHEN FAILING TO COORD ACFT HEADING WITH RECEIVING CTLR; RESULTING IN AN AIRSPACE/ACFT CONFLICTION.
Narrative: B737 WAS GIVEN A VECTOR PRIOR TO FREQ CHANGE. THE VECTOR CARRIED B737 INTO AN ADJACENT CTLR'S AIRSPACE WITHOUT A POINTOUT AND LOSS OF SEPARATION OCCURRED WITH AN ACFT DEPARTING SJC.
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.