ZTL CTLR CONCERNED WITH INTRAFAC; WX RERTE COORD FAILURES.

2000-05 · NASA ASRS report 472479

Date: 2000-05 · Aircraft: Citation II S2/Bravo (C550)

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-tmu-directed-wx-reroute

Synopsis

ZTL CTLR CONCERNED WITH INTRAFAC; WX RERTE COORD FAILURES.

Narrative

A C560/G FILED JQF; LATITUDE/LONGITUDE; DTW; FL390. I WAS WORKING MOPED SECTOR ALONE. I NOTICED THAT ACFT X HADN'T FILED THE APPROPRIATE ROUTING AND CORRECTED IT; PUTTING 'FULL RTE CLRNC' IN REMARKS. MOMENTS LATER; I NOTICED TMU HAD ISSUED A WX RERTE TO AN ACR DEPARTING CLT. I CALLED THE SUPVR DOWN TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE WX RERTE. A WX RERTE WAS IN EFFECT AND I HADN'T BEEN INFORMED. ACFT X DEPARTED ABOUT THIS TIME (XP26Z). BEFORE I COULD GET THE STRIP IN THE BAY; I GOT A REMOVE STRIPS MESSAGE ON ACFT X. I PULLED UP THE DATA BLOCK TO DETERMINE WHO HAD TRACK CTLR. ACFT X WAS WITHIN 5 MI OF JQF. THE COMPUTER RESPONDED THAT THERE WAS NO TRACK ON ACFT X; EVEN THOUGH I WAS LOOKING AT IT. ABOUT 60 SECONDS LATER; THE TRACK DROPPED OFF. TMU HAD AMENDED THE RTE. THE DATA BLOCK; ACQUIRED ON SECTOR 28 BECAUSE THE COMPUTER WAS NOW PROCESSING THE FLT AT FL390. SECTOR 28 DROPPED THE TRACK. CLT MADE A MANUAL HDOF TO ME. ACFT X WAS NOW CLRED VIA HMV IIU. NO COORD ON THE RTE. AS SOON AS ACFT X CHKED ON; HE ASKED FOR A RERTE TO DET. THE PLT CLAIMS HE INTENDED TO GO TO DET ALL ALONG; BUT THE WRONG IDENT GOT IN THE FLT PLAN (MYSTERIOUSLY). I HOPE YOU CAN COUNT ALL THE LITTLE ERRORS IN THIS RPT. THIS IS INDICATIVE OF OPS AT ZTL THESE DAYS. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT AVIATION ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED BY SEVERAL ERRORS PUT TOGETHER. WE HAVE A LOT OF ERRORS THESE DAYS.

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

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