NON COMPLIANCE WITH FACILITY SOP. SMA Y UNCOORDINATED RADAR HDOF AT WRONG ALT HAD LTSS WITH MLT AT SAME ALT. SYS ERROR.
Synopsis
NON COMPLIANCE WITH FACILITY SOP. SMA Y UNCOORDINATED RADAR HDOF AT WRONG ALT HAD LTSS WITH MLT AT SAME ALT. SYS ERROR.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING COAST SATELLITE RADAR. I PLACED AN MLT IN HDOF TO MIL SATELLITE RADAR ON A SW HDG AT 4000 FT AS PER LCL SOP'S. I ACCEPTED A HDOF ON SMA Y (HDG SE) FROM MIL SATELLITE RADAR. SMA Y WAS EXPECTED TO BE AT 3000 FT (ODD ALT EBOUND) AS PER LCL SOP AND WAS NOT COORDINATED DIFFERENT. SMA Y CHKED IN AT 4000 FT. UPON REALIZING HE WAS AT 4000 FT; I TURNED AND DSNDED SMA Y TO 3000 FT; WITHIN 30 SECONDS AFTER SMA Y CHKED IN. AFTER TAKING EVASIVE ACTION; I REALIZED THAT MIL SATELLITE RADAR HAD NOT TAKEN THE AUTOMATED HDOF PRIOR TO ENTERING MIL SATELLITE RADAR'S AIRSPACE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW IS CONTINUING. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING WERE CTLR WORKLOAD ON COAST SATELLITE RADAR AND ON MIL SATELLITE RADAR; WHICH HAD 3 POS COMBINED. ALSO CONTRIBUTING WAS NOT ADHERING TO PROCS AND OUTSIDE COORD DISTRACTING BOTH POS. TO PREVENT FURTHER OCCURRENCES; STICK TO PROCS AND CUT DOWN ON COORD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE RPTR IS CURRENTLY A DEVELOPMENTAL; CERTIFIED ON 3 RADAR POS. LTSS WAS 500 FT AND 2.3 MI. LOCATION WAS 25 MI S OF JAX. RPTR WAS DECERTIFIED AND HAS SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED THE RECERTIFICATION PROCESS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.