B737 ARR FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ATC ASSIGNED ALT RESULTING IN LOSS OF SEPARATION AT IND.
Synopsis
B737 ARR FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ATC ASSIGNED ALT RESULTING IN LOSS OF SEPARATION AT IND.
Narrative
AT XA06; I ISSUED ACFT X A 340 DEG HDG AND 5000 FT; A VECTOR FOR RWY 23R AT INDIANAPOLIS. THE PLT READ BACK 340 DEG HDG AND 5000 FT. CHEROKEE WAS 15 MI SE OF IND AND WAS GIVEN A 270 DEG HDG AND WAS ALREADY LEVEL AT 4000 FT AT THE TIME OF THE VECTOR. THIS WAS FOR RWY 23L AT INDIANAPOLIS. THE SECTOR GOT BUSY AND I ISSUED THE CHEROKEE 3000 FT; WHICH HE READ BACK. WHEN I LOOKED AT ACFT X'S TAG; HE WAS ALREADY AT 4000 FT HDG TOWARD THE CHEROKEE. I ISSUED A 020 DEG HDG TO ACFT X AND TO MAINTAIN 4000 FT. I THEN ISSUED AN EXPEDITED DSCNT TO CHEROKEE AND GAVE ACFT X A TURN TO 050 DEGS. UNFORTUNATELY; SEPARATION WAS LOST 800 FT; 2.2 MI; APPROX 10 MI SE OF INDIANAPOLIS. AS TFC BUILT; MORE SECTORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPLIT OFF SINCE 4 SECTORS WERE COMBINED TO MY POS. THIS MIGHT HAVE HELPED IN NOTICING ACFT X BUSTING THROUGH HIS 5000 FT ASSIGNED ALT WHICH HE ACKNOWLEDGED; AND HAD READ BACK. ALSO; MOUNT COMFORT; INDIANA; HAD AN AIR SHOW PLANNED FOR THE DAY SO I BELIEVE; ALTHOUGH TFC WAS LIGHT BEFORE THE ABOVE INCIDENT OCCURRED; IT GOT BUSY FAST AND ANOTHER SECTOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN ALL DAY; NOT WHEN TFC DICTATED IT TO BE OPEN.
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