1998-03 · NASA ASRS report 396081
TFC SATURATION COMBINED WITH FREQ INTERFERENCE RESULTS IN SEVERAL ACFT ENTERING CTLR'S AIRSPACE WITHOUT COORD.
I WAS WORKING THE MOPED SECTOR (ZTL-47) WHEN WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A STUCK MIKE STARTED INTERFERING WITH OPS. DUE TO NUMEROUS FACTORS THE SIT QUICKLY WENT OUT OF CTL. THE FREQ INTERFERENCE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED; BUT INVOLVED BLEED OVER FROM 132.97 (ZTL 43). CONTRIBUTING TO THIS EVENT WERE THE FOLLOWING PROBS: I HAD JUST RELIEVED ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL. HE SEQUENCES HIS STRIPS DIFFERENTLY THAN I DO AND DOES NOT MARK THEM WELL. I DEPEND ON STRIPS. THE MAIDEN RADAR (QRM) WAS OTS. THIS DELAYS THE ACQUISITION OF THE CLT DEPS; CAUSES DATA BLOCK JUMPS AND INCORRECT SPDS. BUEC WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. AT LEAST 3 ACFT ENTERED MY AIRSPACE WITH INCOMPLETE COORD OR WITHOUT A HDOF BEING COMPLETED. ONE ACFT ENTERED MY AIRSPACE AGAINST SOPS; (HE WAS HIGH) CAUSING ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD. DUE TO A MISCOM; CLT APCH LET ANOTHER ACFT IN MY AIRSPACE AFTER THE EVENT WAS WELL UNDERWAY. THIS INCIDENT IS INDICATIVE OF OPS AT ZTL. WE 'RUN ON THE REDLINE' ON A REGULAR BASIS. WITH EQUIP FAILING ON A REGULAR BASIS WE OFTEN RUN INTO SITS THAT GET OUT OF CTL. SAFETY HAS TAKEN A BACK SEAT TO EFFICIENCY.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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