MCO CTLR FORGOT TO MAKE HDOF ON ACFT TO DAB APCH CTLR; ERRONEOUS PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE.

Date: 1988-11 · Aircraft: Small Transport

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-airspace-violation-entry-or-exit

Synopsis

MCO CTLR FORGOT TO MAKE HDOF ON ACFT TO DAB APCH CTLR; ERRONEOUS PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE.

Narrative

THE KISSIMMEE AIR SHOW WAS IN PROGRESS WITH A LOT OF ATTN ON THAT AREA IN THE ROOM AND FROM THE CENTER AS WELL AS A NE; SW LINE OF BROKEN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXTENDING FROM THE LAKELAND AREA OVER ORLANDO INTL ARPT (MCO) NORTHEASTWARD. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SE AFFECTING THE MCO CAMAN DEPARTURES SO THEY WERE SWAMPPED AT WORK. THERE HAD BEEN A STEADY AMOUNT OF DEPARTURES SINCE SIGNING ON POSITION AND SEVERAL THINGS TAKING PLACE ABOUT THE TIME SMT WAS IN THE HANDOFF AREA. DAYTONA BEACH AREA CONTROL (DAB) ALERTED ME BY CALL ON THE LANDLINE THAT SMT WAS IN THEIR AREA AT THIS TIME. I BELIEVE THE ACFT WAS ABOUT THREE MI IN THEIR AREA SO I TRANSFERRED COMMUNICATIONS OVER TO DAB. I BELIEVE SOME REASONS I MAY HAVE FAILED TO HAND THIS ACFT OFF TO DAB ARE: THAT AREA IS NOT NORMALLY USED; NOR IS IT IN THE AREA OF CONCENTRATION ON THE DISPLAY FOR THIS SECTOR. (MOST OF THIS TYPE TFC IS WORKED BY THE SATELLITE 'F' POSITION.) THE DEP TRANSITING THAT AREA ARE NOT A FACTOR TO THIS TYPE TFC. MOST OF THE TFC IS ON V-3 WELL E OF THAT AREA OR OFF MCO TO THE S AND E WHEN ON THE S OPERATION 30 MI FROM THAT AREA. DUE TO THE WX; ACFT WERE CLBING AND TURNING SLOWLY IN MY AREA SO I WAS HAVING TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY AS WELL AS OTHER TFC THAT DEVIATED IN AND AROUND MY AREA PARTICULARLY THE ARRIVALS COMING IN E OF BAIRN. ABOUT THE HANDOFF TIME FOR SMT; THE KISSIMMEE AIR SHOW WAS OVER SO THE MIL AEROBATIC FLT POPPED UP COMING TO MCO CREATING SEVERAL VERBAL COORDINATION CALLS ACROSS AND AROUND THE ROOM FOR A CLRNC TO THE ARPT FOR THEM; AS WELL AS VERBAL ALERTS ON CONFLICTING TFC AT MCO FINAL POSITION.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.