CVG CTLR EXPERIENCED OPERROR AT 3000 FT WHEN ACFT ON ILS APCH EXECUTED PROC TURN THAT CONFLICTED WITH SUCCEEDING TFC ON THE SAME APCH PROC.
Synopsis
CVG CTLR EXPERIENCED OPERROR AT 3000 FT WHEN ACFT ON ILS APCH EXECUTED PROC TURN THAT CONFLICTED WITH SUCCEEDING TFC ON THE SAME APCH PROC.
Narrative
RELIEVED A FELLOW ATC SPECIALIST FROM THE SATELLITE RADAR POS WITH MODERATE TFC. INCLUDED IN THE BRIEFING WERE 2 ACFT ENRTE FROM I69 TO HAO FOR INST TRAINING. I WAS TOLD THE FIRST ACFT WAS ON HIS OWN NAV AND CLRED FOR THE GPS RWY 29 APCH AND THE SECOND ACFT WAS ON A VECTOR TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL SPACING BTWN THE TWO. I EXPECTED THE FIRST ACFT TO EXECUTE A STRAIGHT-IN APCH AND AFTER I HAD ESTABLISHED APPROX 10 NM BTWN THE TWO ACFT. I ISSUED A VECTOR TO JOIN THE LOC OF RWY 29 TO THE SECOND ACFT. THE FIRST ACFT; HOWEVER; DID NOT EXECUTE A STRAIGHT-IN APCH BUT EXECUTED A PROC TURN. THE ACFT PASSED WITHIN 1 NM OF EACH OTHER BEFORE I ISSUED A VECTOR TO THE SECOND ACFT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) I HAD JUST TRANSITIONED FROM 3+ YRS OF WORKING DIFFERENT SHIFTS AND SLEEP HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. I WAS ON ABOUT THE THIRD DAY OF 4 OR LESS HR OF SLEEP. SINCE WE DID NOT INSTRUMENT TRAINING ON THE PREVIOUS SHIFT; I WAS VERY UNFAMILIAR OR 'RUSTY' WITH THE INST TRAINING PROCS. 3) THE STARS CONFLICT ALERT SOUNDED BUT I COULDN'T TELL WHICH TARGETS WERE INVOLVED DUE TO OVERLAP. 4) DUE TO THE CONSTANT FALSE ALARMS GENERATED BY THE STARS SYS; THE FACT THAT THE CONFLICT ALERT SOUNDED DID NOT GET MY IMMEDIATE ATTN.
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