Super King Air 350
Air Traffic Control Developmental
Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Procedure
I was training and had two departures off Runway 08 at PNS. The first departure was a B350. I climbed him to 100 on a 60 heading. The next departure was a MD90. I turned the MD90 heading 360 and climbed to 100. I APREQ higher for the MD90 reference the B350 with ZJX; they gave me 150 and I climbed the MD90 to 150. I turned the B350 on a 360 heading and turned the MD90 to a 030 heading and switched him to ZJX. I then switched the B350 to ZJX. About 30 seconds later; Eglin Approach called me with a point out. It was westbound climbing high with ZJX. The aircraft was already encroaching on my airspace 3 west of CEW climbing out of 095. I asked the Controller if ZJX already had the aircraft. They said yes and I approved the point out. A couple seconds later I noticed the aircraft were both level at 100 headed to each other. I called ZJX and asked them if they were talking to the B350. The Controller said no; at which point my trainer tried to turn the B350 southbound to avoid the traffic. As she was talking the ZJX Controller said we have him and we are climbing him. About 30 seconds later the B350 finally began a climb. I believe the aircraft were less than 2 miles apart when the B350 began his climb. After the session; I talked with my supervisor about the incident. He informed me that Eglin had only given RADAR to the westbound traffic but still had communications. When I asked the Eglin Controller if Center had the aircraft they meant yes they have RADAR and I took that as yes Center had communications. If our Coordination had been more clear and precise we may have been able to prevent the situation. However ZJX did have communications with one of the aircraft and RADAR on both and should have been making calls and/or coordination with us or Eglin to resolve the situation.
P31 Controller described a likely loss of separation event involving three ATC facility's. The report indicated that miss communications was the primary causal factor.