Narrative:

Issued aircraft X descent clearance from FL360 to FL280. The sector I was working 76 (FL320-FL360) and sector 66 (FL240-FL310) was de-combine approximately 20 minutes prior to this situation. Issued aircraft Y a descend clearance from FL360 to FL300 minutes later. When the aircraft was out of FL335 conflict alert activated with an aircraft in sector 66 air space at FL310; action was taken and aircraft Y was stopped at FL320 and turned to the right; no separation was lost. This is when I realized that I had violated sector 66 with aircraft X and coordinated with sector 66 about aircraft X and did proper coordination with aircraft Y. Recommendation; the next time that I split out any section I will put a visual aid on my radar screen that will identify the altitude stratum that I am currently working.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZID Controller experienced airspace incursion event when failing to note that the sector had been split and that normally utilized airspace had been divided.

Narrative: Issued Aircraft X descent clearance from FL360 to FL280. The sector I was working 76 (FL320-FL360) and Sector 66 (FL240-FL310) was de-combine approximately 20 minutes prior to this situation. Issued Aircraft Y a descend clearance from FL360 to FL300 minutes later. When the aircraft was out of FL335 conflict alert activated with an aircraft in Sector 66 air space at FL310; action was taken and Aircraft Y was stopped at FL320 and turned to the right; no separation was lost. This is when I realized that I had violated Sector 66 with Aircraft X and coordinated with Sector 66 about Aircraft X and did proper coordination with Aircraft Y. Recommendation; the next time that I split out any section I will put a visual aid on my RADAR screen that will identify the altitude stratum that I am currently working.

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.