ZSE CTLR EXPERIENCED OPERROR AT APPROX FL340 FORGETTING THE FACT THAT AN ACFT INVOLVED WAS NOT RVSM EQUIPPED.
Synopsis
ZSE CTLR EXPERIENCED OPERROR AT APPROX FL340 FORGETTING THE FACT THAT AN ACFT INVOLVED WAS NOT RVSM EQUIPPED.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING ACFT #1 NBOUND TO BLI AT FL340. ACFT #2 A HAWKER HUNTER WAS HANDED OFF TO ME FROM LOW ALT SECTOR 5 UP TO FL230 H10.J15.IMB..TWF.BOI. I WAS WORKING HIGH ALT SECTOR 16; ONE MAN; NORMAL TFC. I POINTED OUT ACFT #2 TO AN ADJOINING HIGH ALT SECTOR FOR CLB AND THEN CLBED ACFT #2 TO FL350. I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT ACFT #2 WAS NON-RVSM. HE WAS A CIVILIAN PLT FLYING TO HIF. HE WAS IMPROPERLY USING A MIL CALL SIGN. HE SHOULD NOT HAVE FILED INTO RVSM AIRSPACE; AND WHEN CLRED INTO RVSM AIRSPACE; HE DID NOT SAY 'NON-RVSM; CLBING TO FL350.' INSTEAD HE SAID 'LEAVING 230 FOR 350.' I RECOGNIZED THAT ACFT #2 AND ACFT #1 COULD BE A PROB; SO I CLRED ACFT #2 DIRECT TWF TO GO BEHIND ACFT #1. I THEN SEQUENCED 3 PDX ARRS. AFTER THAT SEQUENCING (8-9 XMISSIONS) I RETURNED TO THE ACFT #1 AND ACFT #2 SITUATION AND ASKED ACFT #2 HIS RATE OF CLB. HE SAID 1000 FPM. I ASKED HIM TO INCREASE TO 1500 FPM AND CALLED TFC ACFT #1. HE LEVELED AT FL350 ABOUT 15 NM W OF ACFT #1. I CALLED TFC TO ACFT #1 SAYING '17 MI W AT FL350.' ACFT #2 FLEW BEHIND ACFT #1 AND 2 HITS INSIDE 5 NM BUBBLE 4.77; 4.73 NM AND 1100 FT ACCORDING TO ZSE DATA. I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT ACFT #2 WAS NON-RVSM. MY DATA BLOCKS WERE SET TO #2; I WILL INCREASE THIS SIZE TO 4 AND TURN UP MY FDB BRIGHTNESS SO THE CORAL BOX AROUND THE 'C' IS BRIGHTER. I ONLY REALIZED NON-RVSM WHEN CONFLICT ALERT FLASHED ONCE WHEN THEY WERE PAST EACH OTHER; AT THE POINT OF ERROR. NO URET RED ALERTS ON THESE TWO; NO CONFLICT ALERT. THESE WERE ALL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. I WAS HEALTHY AND ALERT -- NO CONTRIBUTING HUMAN FACTORS ON MY PART LIKE SICKNESS; TIRED; ETC AND NO DISTRS. I WRONGLY ASSUMED HE WAS MIL FLT AND RVSM.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.