TFC SATURATED ZFW CTLR FAILS TO COORD WITH ACT TRACON AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT A BE20 HAD PENETRATED P49 AIRSPACE UNTIL AFTER IT HAD CLRED THE AREA.
Synopsis
TFC SATURATED ZFW CTLR FAILS TO COORD WITH ACT TRACON AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT A BE20 HAD PENETRATED P49 AIRSPACE UNTIL AFTER IT HAD CLRED THE AREA.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING THE ACT LOW SECTOR. THE TFR FOR THE ENLARGED AREA AROUND P49 WAS IN EFFECT. I HAD 2 F16'S ORBITING IN THE AREA; AND A TANKER ORBIT AREA IMPACTING MY SECTOR. SHORTLY BEFORE THE INCIDENT; I RECEIVED 3 HDOFS ON ACFT LNDG AT AUS. HIGH ALT HAD STARTED TO TRY TO SEQUENCE THESE ACFT; BUT INCLUDING THE AUS LANDER; I HAD IN LOW; I HAD 4 ACFT WITHIN 40 MI OF BLEWE INTXN -- THE POINT THAT I SEQUENCE FOR ZHU -- AND ALL 4 JETS WERE WITHIN 10 MI OF EACH OTHER. I HAD AN ACFT CLBING OUT ON THE TTT 156 DEG RADIAL GOING TO FL230. BTWN HE AND THE TANKER; I HAD A FAIRLY SLIM CORRIDOR IN WHICH I COULD SEQUENCE. IN ORDER TO GIVE BSM LOW; I HAD TO GIVE THESE ACFT SOME MASSIVE TURNS; BUT I HAD LITTLE ROOM TO WORK AND SO I HAD TO PAY CLOSE ATTN TO WHAT I WAS DOING. MEANWHILE; I HAD A KING AIR CHK ON MY FREQ CLBING TO 12000 FT. I COULD ONLY CLB THE KING AIR TO 13000 FT BECAUSE OF THE MIL CAP. I WAS NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THE KING AIR BECAUSE I HAD BIGGER FISH TO FRY; AND SO I DID NOT NOTICE HIS UNUSUAL RTE. I THINK THAT I MISSED HIS RTE FOR 4 REASONS: 1) I WAS EXTREMELY PREOCCUPIED BY MY SEQUENCING. 2) I WAS NOT BRIEFED THAT THE 10 MI PROHIBITED AREA EXTENDED UP TO FL180 (NORMAL STANDARD IS CONTAINED WITHIN ACT APCH AIRSPACE). 3) I ASSUMED THAT ACT DIRECT ALMOST ANYWHERE WOULD KEEP THE ACFT CLR OF P49. 4) SINCE ACT APCH IS THE CTLING FACILITY (P49) I EXPECTED -- RATHER THAN VERIFIED -- THAT THEY WOULD HAVE RERTED ANY ACFT THAT THEY WORKED AROUND P49 IF THEIR ROUTING WOULD VIOLATE THE PROHIBITED AREA. THE INCIDENT WAS DISCOVERED BY SOMEONE MONITORING P49 AT ACT APCH AND WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTN AFTER THE ACFT HAD CLRED THE AREA.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.