<< >> NASA ASRS Report 923299, December 2010

Elp approach controller questioned the separation used by bif tower when releasing a BE20 in close proximity to a A310 heavy on final to elp.

Attributes
ACN	923299
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ELP.TRACON
State Reference	TX
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A310
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Super King Air 200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Elp tower apreqed an IFR runway 3 departure off bif; northwest elp; with visual separation being used. Inbound on a visual approach was a H/A310. The A310 heavy was talking to elp tower on about a 4 mile final when a military BE20 came up on my frequency; runway heading. Bif tower called and said that the BE20 never had the heavy in site. Recommendation; bif needed to keep the BE20 on their frequency and or have the BE20 report the heavy in site. They also could have turned the BE20.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ELP Approach Controller questioned the separation used by BIF Tower when releasing a BE20 in close proximity to a A310 heavy on final to ELP.

Narrative: ELP Tower APREQED an IFR Runway 3 departure off BIF; northwest ELP; with visual separation being used. Inbound on a visual approach was a H/A310. The A310 Heavy was talking to ELP Tower on about a 4 mile final when a Military BE20 came up on my frequency; Runway Heading. BIF Tower called and said that the BE20 never had the heavy in site. Recommendation; BIF needed to keep the BE20 on their frequency and or have the BE20 report the Heavy in site. They also could have turned the BE20.

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.