TRACON controller described loss of separation event when facility point out procedures to another s...

Narrative:

I was working the east arrival position and granted a point out to the east departure controller to use part of my airspace to climb a departing aircraft. Normal procedures for this type of point out is to issue a vector to get the departure out of the arrival corridor quickly to avoid any conflicts with an arrival. The departure controller failed to do this so I issued a vector to my aircraft to avoid losing separation. It appeared separation was going to be lost so I issued another vector. He stated he was turning and had the traffic in sight. I instructed him to maintain visual separation but after tape review; it was revealed that separation was already lost. After reviewing the voice recordings and track plots it was revealed that my aircraft never turned the airplane until after I turned him the second time; 23 seconds later. Had the pilot turned when I first instructed him separation would never have been lost. The facility failed to file a pilot deviation for unknown reasons.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRACON Controller described loss of separation event when facility point out procedures to another sector were not followed by a fellow controller; reporter noted the infraction; issued corrective turns; but not in time to secure required separation.

Narrative: I was working the east arrival position and granted a point out to the East Departure Controller to use part of my airspace to climb a departing aircraft. Normal procedures for this type of point out is to issue a vector to get the departure out of the arrival corridor quickly to avoid any conflicts with an arrival. The Departure Controller failed to do this so I issued a vector to my aircraft to avoid losing separation. It appeared separation was going to be lost so I issued another vector. He stated he was turning and had the traffic in sight. I instructed him to maintain visual separation but after tape review; it was revealed that separation was already lost. After reviewing the voice recordings and track plots it was revealed that my aircraft NEVER turned the airplane until after I turned him the second time; 23 SECONDS later. Had the pilot turned when I first instructed him separation would never have been lost. The facility failed to file a pilot deviation for unknown reasons.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	839095
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Radar 12
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 2.59 Vertical 700

TRACON controller described loss of separation event when facility point out procedures to another sector were not followed by a fellow controller; reporter noted the infraction; issued corrective turns; but not in time to secure required separation.