R90 CTLR ENTERS LNK AIRSPACE WITHOUT PROPER COORD. R90 CTLR CONCERNED WITH ZMP LNK R90 AIRSPACE DELEGATION PROCS.
Synopsis
R90 CTLR ENTERS LNK AIRSPACE WITHOUT PROPER COORD. R90 CTLR CONCERNED WITH ZMP LNK R90 AIRSPACE DELEGATION PROCS.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING OMA 'RW.' THE SF34 (ACFT Y) WAS A DEP OFF LNK NEBOUND CLBING OVER THE OMA AREA. THE BA46B (ACFT X) WAS AN ARR TO OMA FROM THE SW; MOVING NE. ZMP ALLOWED THE BA46 TO DSND TO 11000 FT; ABOVE THE SF34. LNK CALLED OMA 'RW' REQUESTING A POINTOUT ON THE SF34. AT THE TIME; LNK INDICATED THAT THEY WERE WATCHING THE BA46 THAT 'RW' WOULD BE DSNDING INTO OMA; AND THAT THE SF34 WAS STOPPED AT 10000 FT FOR THE TFC. 'RW' APPROVED THE POINTOUT; ASSUMING THAT 'RW' COULD DSND THE BA46 WHEN SEPARATION WAS ASSURED. WHEN THE BA46 WAS CLR OF THE SF34; 'RW' DSNDED THE ACFT. 'RW' THEN REALIZED THAT LNK HAD NOT USED THE WORDS 'POINTOUT APPROVED;' AND IMMEDIATELY COORDINATED TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS APPROVED. THE BA46 HAD ALREADY INCURRED LNK'S AIRSPACE BY THE TIME THE POINTOUT WAS COMPLETED. THE AIRSPACE INCURSION WAS DECLARED AN OPDEV. NO LOSS OF SEPARATION BTWN ACFT OCCURRED. I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THE POINTOUT DURING THE INITIAL COORD FOR THE BA46. I HAD LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT ZMP INTENDED TO DO WITH THESE ACFT AS I HAD JUST ASSUMED THE POS. 3 FACILITIES WERE WORKING THE ACFT MAKING IT A COORD NIGHTMARE; AND THE 2 ACFT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST BEEN LATERALLY SEPARATED BEFORE I TALKED TO THEM. SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER AIRSPACE PROCS ARE NECESSARY TO REDUCE THE COORD OF THIS COMMON SIT. I WAS NOT RELIEVED FROM THE POS FOR AT LEAST 30 MINS AFTER THE SUPVR WAS MADE AWARE OF THE SIT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.