INTRAFAC COORD ERROR.
Synopsis
INTRAFAC COORD ERROR.
Narrative
I WAS HOLDING 2 ACFT WAITING FOR PLT REQUESTED RVR REQUIREMENTS. WHEN RVR CONDITIONS IMPROVED TO PLT REQUIREMENTS; I ASKED PLTS IF THEY WERE READY TO COMMENCE THE APCH AND THEY RESPONDED YES. AFTER INITIATING A HDOF TO THE NEXT SECTOR AND THE HDOF BEING ACCEPTED; I INITIATED A POINTOUT REQUEST FOR SEQUENCE AND APCH AUTHORIZATION. HAVING BELIEVED THAT THE POINTOUT WAS APPROVED; I CLRED THE CLOSEST ACFT FOR THE APCH AND SHIPPED HIM TO THE TWR. DURING THIS TIME I WAS VECTORING THE SECOND ACFT FOR THE APCH FROM HOLDING. AN ADJACENT SECTOR WAS ALSO HOLDING AND I OBSERVED THEIR ACFT ON A VECTOR TO FOLLOW MINE. I HAD PLACED 'RGT' IN THE DATA BLOCK INDICATING THAT THE ACFT WAS CLRED FOR APCH. I THEN OBSERVED OTHER ACFT ON A CONVERGING HDG. I ISSUED TFC; CANCELED APCH CLRNC AND ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS AWAY FROM CONVERGING ACFT. MISCOM AND IMPROPER COORD PROCS WERE FACTORS IN THE OCCURRENCE; MORE KNOWLEDGE OF HOLDING PROCS MAY HAVE PREVENTED THIS SIT FROM HAPPENING; IE; ADJACENT SECTORS. MORE ATTN TO DETAIL AND OBSERVATION OF DATA BLOCKS MAY ALSO HAVE PREVENTED THIS SIT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.