KING AIR UNCOORD UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE; MOA.

Date: 1995-01 · Aircraft: King Air C90 E90 · Phase: climb

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

Synopsis

KING AIR UNCOORD UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE; MOA.

Narrative

I WAS RECEIVING TRAINING ON RADAR COMBINED AT SPRINGFIELD; IL; ATCT; AN AF TECHNICIAN ASKED TO HAVE CTL OF THE ARTS FOR A ROUTINE MAINT CHK. THIS REQUEST WAS APPROVED. KING AIR X CALLED APCH; OFF K06; REQUESTING IFR CLRNC TO MDW. AFTER A SEARCH FOR X FLT STRIP AND AN AMENDMENT IN THE SYS TO X PROPOSAL TIME BY MY INSTRUCTOR; X IFR CLRNC TO MDW WAS ISSUED WITH A CLB TO 10000 FT. SINCE THE ARTS WAS OUT; THE USUAL ARTS TAG TO INDICATE THE HOWARD MOA ACTIVE WAS NOT DISPLAYED; LEAVING ONLY THE MAP DISPLAY. AN AMENDMENT TO X CLRNC WAS ISSUED AND THE ALT 10000 FT AGAIN STATED. A HDOF WAS COMPLETED TO ZKC STATING THE ALT 10000 FT THAT X WAS CLBING TO. A POINTOUT TO PIA APCH WAS INITIATED AND AFTER APPROVAL;THE RECEIVING CTLR REMINDED ME HOWARD WAS ACTIVE 10000 FT AND ABOVE. I ATTEMPTED TO STOP X CLB THROUGH THE RECEIVING ZKC CTLR BUT THE ACFT HAD PENETRATED THE HOWARD MOA ALREADY AND A DSCNT WAS ISSUED TO CLR THE MOA. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDE ARTS OUTAGE; A RECENT CHANGE IN PROCS FOR THE FLT DATA/FD10 CONFIGN AT THE FACILITY; WHERE AS FLT DATA IN THE TWR RECEIVED ALL ARR/DEP STRIPS AND DISTRIBUTED. AT THE TIME FLT DATA WAS CONFIGURED TO HAVE THE FD10 IN THE TRACON RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE ALL ARR AND ENRTE AS WELL AS SATELLITE DEP; THUS INCREASING THE HDOF PERSON'S WORKLOAD AWAY FROM THE RADAR SCOPE AND OPS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 295337: THE LAST SEVERAL WKS THE FACILITY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DECIDE WHERE IT WOULD BE BEST TO MANAGE THE STRIPS. AFTER WE VERIFIED THAT IT WASN'T UPSTAIRS; OR IN OUR BAY; I THEN STARTED TO LOOK IN THE COMPUTER. I MANAGED TO UPDATE THE TIME ON THE PROPOSAL AND THEN WE HAD INFO TO GO ON. BEING DISTRACTED BY THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED; MY AWARENESS DIDN'T CATCH A MISTAKE MADE BY THE DEVELOPMENTAL. HE ISSUED A CLRNC TO X TO CLB AND MAINTAIN 10000 FT WHICH WAS GOING TO PENETRATE A MOA.

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