N90 CTLR IS UNABLE TO EFFECT TIMELY INTRAFAC PARADROP COORD AND CPR JET CONFLICTS WITH JUMP ZONE PARACHUTISTS.

Date: 2001-07 · Aircraft: Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: atc-issue-all-types|conflict-airborne-conflict|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown

Synopsis

N90 CTLR IS UNABLE TO EFFECT TIMELY INTRAFAC PARADROP COORD AND CPR JET CONFLICTS WITH JUMP ZONE PARACHUTISTS.

Narrative

I CTL AIRSPACE ABOVE 8000 FT; ARR CTLR WAS CTLING 7000 FT AND BELOW. JUMP ACFT CHKED ON MY FREQ; CLBING OUT OF 7000 FT; SAID ARR CTLR WAS TOO BUSY TO WORK HIM. I RADAR IDENTED JUMP ACFT AND ASKED FOR 2 MIN ADVISORY BEFORE PARADROPS. JUMP ACFT CLBED TO 14000 FT AND GAVE 2 MIN ADVISORY. I CALLED ARR CTLR WITH 2 MIN ADVISORY. ARR CTLR POINTED OUT TFC (ACFT #2) 15 MI NW OF DROP ZONE; SEBOUND DSNDING OUT OF 7000 FT FOR 6000 FT. I ADVISED JUMP ACFT OF TFC AND OF ADDITIONAL TFC N OF DROP ZONE; SEBOUND; A C550. JUMP ACFT SAW C550; BUT DID NOT SEE HS25 (ACFT #2). JUMP ACFT RELEASED JUMPERS. I CALLED HS25 TFC AGAIN. ORIGINALLY; HS25 TFC WAS SEBOUND AND APPEARED TO BE HDG CLOSE TO BUT S OF THE JUMP ZONE. THEN HS25 HAD TURNED EBOUND AND WAS HDG FOR JUMP ZONE. I CALLED TFC 5 MI W OF JUMP ZONE; EBOUND. JUMP ACFT THEN SAW HS25 AND SAID HE (HS25) WAS HEADED TO DROP ZONE AND ASKED ME TO TELL ARR CTLR TO TURN HS25 TO R. I YELLED ACROSS ROOM TO ARR CTLR; BUT TOO LATE. HS25 RPTED CLOSE CALL WITH THE SKYDIVERS. HAD I KNOWN HS25 WOULD TURN E; I WOULD NOT HAVE LET JUMP ACFT RELEASE JUMPERS. NEXT TIME; I WILL TELL JUMP ACFT TO ALSO PERSONALLY ADVISE ARR CTLR ON ARR FREQ PRIOR TO RELEASING JUMPERS. JUMP ACFT CAN THEN GET BETTER ADVISORIES ABOUT ARR TFC.

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