ACR X NON ADHERENCE TO ATC CLRNC CLB THROUGH OCCUPIED ALT TCASII RA DSND HAD LTSS FROM ACR Y. PLTDEV.
Synopsis
ACR X NON ADHERENCE TO ATC CLRNC CLB THROUGH OCCUPIED ALT TCASII RA DSND HAD LTSS FROM ACR Y. PLTDEV.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING OUR LAKE HENRY SECTOR (LOW ALT). I WAS WORKING APPROX 10 ACFT AT THE TIME OF THIS OCCURRENCE. AT THE TIME I HAD TO POINT OUT AN ACFT TO 2 OTHER SECTORS. I BELIEVED THIS ACR Z MISSED HIS RESTRICTION. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE TAPES IT WAS EVIDENT I MISSED THE PLT'S READBACK (I HAD GIVEN THE PLT THE RESTRICTION 2 TIMES.) WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON I HAD 2 ACFT HEAD-ON AT 17000 FT. AT 8 MI APART I TURNED ACR X 40 DEGS TO THE R AND CLBED HIM TO FL200 AND TO EXPEDITE THROUGH FL180. I DSNDED THE ACR Y TO 16000 FT. I OBSERVED ACR X START HIS CLB TO 17300 FT. AT THAT TIME I KNOW I WOULD HAVE SEPARATION. ABOUT 40 SECONDS LATER I OBSERVED ACR X AT ABOUT 16700 FT. I ASKED THE PLT TO VERIFY HIS ALT. AT THAT TIME; THE PLT INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS RESPONDING TO A TCASII RA AND DSNDING. I DON'T THINK EITHER OF THE ACFT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT WERE THE PROB. THE ACFT THAT I BELIEVED THAT I GAVE THE XING RESTRICTION TO WAS THE PROB. AFTER 2 TIMES RESTATING HIS RESTRICTION HE STILL GOT IT WRONG. HIS POOR PHRASEOLOGY AND LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE RESTRICTION WAS THE PROB. THE PLTS NEED TO REMEMBER THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES USING THE AIRSPACE. SOMETIMES CTLRS HAVE 3 OR 4 THINGS GOING ON AT ONE TIME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR STATED THERE WAS A FLC ATC REVIEW. CAPT OF ACR Y WAS TCASII EQUIPPED BUT DID NOT RECEIVE AN RA OR TA. ACR X WAS AN LGT; ACR Y WAS AN LTT. RPTR STATED THE ACR COMPANY WHOSE FLC MISSED THE ALT RESTRICTION USES VERY POOR SLOPPY PHRASEOLOGY AND HAS A PROB WITH FLC TECHNIQUE LISTENING. AFTER FACILITY MGMNT REVIEW THIS INCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED TCASII INDUCED LTSS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.