CVG CTLR EXPLAINS NEAR OPERROR AT 10000 FT WHEN ADJACENT CTLR'S OPS PLAN DIFFERED AND ALL ACFT WERE NOT ON THE RPTR'S FREQ.
Synopsis
CVG CTLR EXPLAINS NEAR OPERROR AT 10000 FT WHEN ADJACENT CTLR'S OPS PLAN DIFFERED AND ALL ACFT WERE NOT ON THE RPTR'S FREQ.
Narrative
ACR X WAS BEING VECTORED TO A L DOWNWIND TO RWY 36C FROM THE NE. ACR Y WAS ON THE ARR TO RWY 36C FROM THE NW. ACR X WAS WELL AHEAD OF ACR Y IN THE SEQUENCE; BUT SLOWED ON THEIR OWN AND DID NOT ADVISE. WHEN I SAW THIS; I GAVE ACR X A CLRNC FROM 110 DEGS TO 90 DEGS. ACR Z WAS 8 MI BEHIND ACR X FROM THE NE BEING MOVED FROM RWY 36R FROM RWY 36L. I WAS MAKING ACR Z NEXT BEHIND ACR X IN MY PLAN; HOWEVER; THE OTHER ARR CTLR DID NOT PUT THIS ACFT ON MY FREQ. I TURNED ACR Y 15 DEGS L TO MAKE ROOM FOR ACR Z. WHEN ACR Z DID NOT COME TO MY FREQ; I TURNED ACR Y BACK TO CVG AND DSNDED THE ACFT FROM 11000 FT TO 7000 FT. I WAS REACHING OUT FOR ACR Z (WHO WAS BEING VECTORED TO RWY 36L FOR PARKING CONVENIENCE). ACR W WAS CHKING IN ON THE FREQ AND ANSWERED AND TOOK CTLR INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACR Z. I TURNED ACR X L TO 180 DEGS AND DSNDED HIM TO 7000 FT. I TURNED ACR Y TO 090 DEGS AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED ACR Z TO TURN R HDG 330 DEGS. ACR Z PAUSED AND SAID 'WAS THAT FOR ACR Z?' (ALMOST CREATING ANOTHER SIT.) AT THE TIME THE INSTRUCTIONS TO ACR X WERE ISSUED; ACR X AND ACR Y WERE 6.5 MI APART. ACR X WAS TURNING SLOWLY. ACR X AND ACR Y WERE 2.75 MI LATERAL AND WAS INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE OPERROR. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DIVERGING COURSE SEPARATION EXISTED. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENT; I HAD TO GO BACK AND FIX ACR Z WHO SLOWED TO 180 KTS; 40 MI FROM THE ARPT WITH ANOTHER ACFT BEHIND HIM 10 MI ON THE ARR DOING 310 KTS.
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