B737 NAV ERROR ON NOISE ABATEMENT SID UNCOORD PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE.
Synopsis
B737 NAV ERROR ON NOISE ABATEMENT SID UNCOORD PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING RADAR W HIGH SECTOR; AND TOOK A HDOF FROM W LOW ON A ST. PETE 2 DEP (SID) OFF ST. PETERSBURG INTL ARPT. THIS SID IS A TURN OFF RWY 35R TO A HDG OF 030 DEGS TO INTERCEPT THE PIE 010 DEG RADIAL. THIS IS A QUICK TURN OFF THE RWY FOR NOISE ABATEMENT; AND FREQUENTLY THE ACFT GO THROUGH THE 010 DEG RADIAL BEFORE THEY ARE ESTABLISHED ON IT; BRINGING THEM DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO TAMPA INTL DEPS. (TAMPA INTL HAS A STANDARD DEP HDG OF 310 DEGS; WHICH CROSSES THE ST. PETE 2 DEP NW OF TAMPA INTL). DEPS OFF TPA AND ST. PETE (PIE) CLB TO 1600 FT INITIALLY; TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE. IN THIS INSTANCE; THE B737 WAS CLBING TO 4000 FT; AND BY THE TIME TRANSFER OF COMS WAS COMPLETED; HE WAS AT 4000 FT AND HAD INTERFERED WITH TPA 'FINAL' AIRSPACE (TPA WAS ON RWY 18). TPA FINAL HAD AN ACFT ABOVE THE B737 AT 5000 FT THAT I HAD GIVEN HIM (AS PER SOP AT TPA); AND DSNDED THE ACFT FOR LNDG AT TPA. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE B737 BEFORE THERE WAS A CONFLICT; BUT THE POSSIBILITY IS ALWAYS THERE -- THE NEW ST. PETE 2 DEP INTERFERES WITH TPA INTL TFC FOR THE SAKE OF NOISE ABATEMENT. I BELIEVE THIS NEW DEP SHOULD BE RE-ASSESSED AS TO THE 'BUILT-IN' CONFLICTIONS WITH TAMPA INTL TFC (DEPS AND/OR ARRS) -- THESE PROBS ARE BECAUSE OF THE NEW ST. PETE 2 DEP; ALL FOR THE SAKE OF 1 GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO INSIST ON THIS NOISE-ABATEMENT PROC.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.