ACR Y HAD LTSS FROM C-500. SYS ERROR.

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A ZTL SECTOR POINTED A C-500 DSNDING OUT OF 20000 FT FOR 11000 FT OUT TO CLT APCH. THIS ACFT WOULD CROSS THE MAJIC ARR INTO CLT'S AIRSPACE WHERE ACFT ARE AT OR DSNDING TO 11000 FT OVER GSO'S AIRSPACE. THE C-500 WAS POINTED OUT TO THE ZTL ARR SECTOR AND SWITCHED TO GSO APCH WHEN A HDOF WAS COMPLETED. A MAJIC ARR WAS HANDED OFF TO CLT LEVEL AT 11000 FT. THE C-500 WAS AT APPROX 13000 FT 10 MI AWAY ON A CONVERGING COURSE AND STILL DSNDING. THE CLT APCH CTLR WAS GIVEN A POINTOUT; SECONDHAND; BY A SUPVR. THE APCH CTLR WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION BY THE WAY THE POINTOUT WAS GIVEN THAT THE C-500 WOULD DSND REF MAJIC ARRS. THE C-500 DSNDED OUT OF 12000 FT APPROX 3 MI FROM CLT'S BOUNDARY. ACR Y MAJIC ARR WAS AT THE BOUNDARY. THE APCH CTLR DSNDED AND TURNED THE ARR. SEPARATION WAS LOST LESS THAN 1 MI FROM THE BOUNDARY. THE POINTOUT PROCS BROKE DOWN BTWN THE 2 CTR SECTORS. THE CTR SECTOR WHERE THE C-500 ORIGINATED TOLD THE MAJIC ARR SECTOR THAT THE C-500 WOULD DSND TO 11000 FT AND GO TO APCH. WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD HIM WAS THE ACFT WOULD GO TO GSP APCH. THE MAJIC ARR SECTOR THOUGHT THE C-500 WOULD BE TALKING TO CLT APCH AND THAT CLT WOULD SEPARATE THE 2 BY STOPPING THE C-500 AT 12000 FT.