SMT X UNAUTH UNCOORD PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE. OPDEV. ARTCC TRACON INTERFAC COORD. NO RADAR HDOF ON SMT X.

1992-01 · NASA ASRS report 201054

Date: 1992-01 · Aircraft: Small Transport; Low Wing; 2 Recip Eng

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-airspace-violation-entry-or-exit

Synopsis

SMT X UNAUTH UNCOORD PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE. OPDEV. ARTCC TRACON INTERFAC COORD. NO RADAR HDOF ON SMT X.

Narrative

I WAS PROVIDING RADAR OJT ON SBV LO. AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE; THERE WERE APPROX 5 ACFT IN THE SECTOR. THE RADAR DEVELOPMENTAL REMOVED THE FLT PLAN ON AN ACFT WHO HAD JUST CANCELLED IFR FOLLOWING AN ILS APCH TO DAN. SECONDS BEFORE THIS; Y CALLED ON TO THE FREQ REQUESTING ADVISORIES. I OBSERVED THE DEVELOPMENTAL REMOVE THE FLT PLAN ON ACFT AS I MOVED TO THE D-SIDE POS TO GET A FLT PLAN READOUT ON Y. AS I DID THIS; THE DEVELOPMENTAL REMOVED THE FLT PLAN AT XY:MIN:SECONDS ON SMT X. I DID NOT SEE THIS ENTRY. WHEN Y CALLED BACK A SECOND TIME REQUESTING ADVISORIES; IT SOUNDED LIKE HIS CALL SIGN WAS Z THEREFORE; I DID A FLT PLAN READOUT AT D-ZZ ON WRONG CALL SIGN. NEXT; THE DEVELOPMENTAL; USING THE R-QAK BEACON KEY; ASSIGNED A BEACON CODE TO WRONG CALL SIGN. I WAS STILL SITTING NEXT TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL AT THE D-ZZ POS. WHEN THE DEVELOPMENTAL ASSIGNED CODE TO WRONG CALL SIGN. WE LEARNED THE CALL SIGN WAS IN FACT Y. I THEN ENTERED MESSAGES FROM THE D-SIDE POS TO ASSIGN A CODE TO Y AND BEGAN ENTERING A FLT PLAN ON Y. AGAIN; TFC WAS LIGHT; AND SINCE WE HAD NO D-SIDE; I FELT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH MY OJT-ING AND ENTERING A FLT PLAN. WHILE ENTERING THE FLT PLAN ON Y; I RECEIVED A MESSAGE STATING '1B1' NOT STORED. I ASKED Y THE NAME OF THE VOR CLOSEST TO HIS DEST. THIS DISTR MY ATTN AWAY FROM THE RADAR FOR A SHORT PERIOD. I ENTERED A NEW FLT PLAN USING Y AND RECEIVED AN ACCEPT FP MESSAGE ON Y. AT ABOUT THIS TIME; THE DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUED AN APCH CLRNC TO MIL ACFT; USING IMPROPER PHRASEOLOGY. I INSTRUCTED HIM AS TO THE PROPER APCH ITEMS TO BE ISSUED AND THE PHRASEOLOGY TO BE USED. BY THIS TIME THE LIMITED DATA BLOCK ON SMT X WAS IN GSO APCH AIRSPACE WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. I FAILED TO OBSERVE THE DEV DUE TO THE FOLLOWING: THE DEVELOPMENTAL REMOVED THE FP ON SMT X FOR NO REASON; WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. THE DISTR OF ENTERING A FP ON Y KEPT ME FROM THOROUGHLY SCANNING THE SECTOR FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME SMT Y WAS UNTRACKED. MY ATTN TO THE APCH CLRNC ISSUED TO MIL ACFT AND THE SUBSEQUENT INSTRUCTION THAT FOLLOWED PREVENTED ME FROM SCANNING THE SECTOR AT THE TIME Y WAS UNTRACKED.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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