1988-12 · NASA ASRS report 99562
FGT FLT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND WAS CLIMBED TO ALT IN ANOTHER CTLR'S SECTOR; AFTER COORD; BUT FGT HAD NMAC WITH ACR-MLG DUE TO POOR COORD.
FGT X CALLED WAYCROSS RADAR CTLR WITH LOW FUEL REQUESTING FL240 AND DIRECT MOODY AFB. ONE FLT PLAN WAS ALREADY ACTIVE BECAUSE FGT X WAS A FLT OF 4 AND THE 2 ACFT APPARENTLY SPLIT OFF FROM THE OTHERS. THE FGT X ACFT WERE IN ANOTHER SECTOR AND POINTOUT WAS MADE TO THAT SECTOR (BRUNSWICK LOW). THE BRUNSWICK LOW CTLR STATED THAT HE HAD NO TFC FOR FGT X AND THE ACFT WAS RELEASED TO THE WAYCROSS LOW RADAR CTLR. THE WAYCROSS LOW CTLR CLRED FGT X DIRECT MOODY AND CLRED THE FGT X FLT TO CLB TO FL230 WHERE NEAR JESSUP; GA AND AT FL230 FGT X EARLY HIT AN ACR MLG Y. THE ACR MLG Y CALL SIGN WAS NOT NOTED; BECAUSE I WAS SURE A FULL INVESTIGATION WOULD SOON FOLLOW. HOWEVER; I HAD SQUAWKED FGT X MAYDAY ON CODE 7700 WHEN HE DECLARED A LOW FUEL EMER AS I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF A POINTOUT TO THE BRUNSWICK LOW CTLR. APPARENTLY NO SYSTEMS ERROR WAS NOTED DUE TO THE EMER CONDITION OF FGT X. I WAS WORKING RADAR AT WAYCROSS LOW AND HAD ONLY A NEWLY CERTIFIED NON RADAR CTLR AS AN ASSISTANT AND 2 SUPVRS ON LOOKING. AT THE SAME TIME THE EMER WAS IN PROGRESS; I GOT ONE ACFT ON MY FREQ AT FL180 WITH NO HDOF--ALSO AN UNKNOWN ACFT WAS APPARENTLY RETURNING FROM E COAST WARNING AREAS TO MOODY AT FL180. I HAD TO TURN AND DSND 1 ACFT TO AVOID THE UNKNOWN ACFT AT FL180. THIS NMAC WAS SPOTTED ONLY BY C/A ON FGT X AND MLG Y.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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