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Cle controller voiced concern regarding the continued use of identical call signs by one company with both aircraft operating at the same time and in the same locality.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1082663 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201304 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CLE.TRACON |
| State Reference | OH |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach Departure |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
Air taxi X was in my airspace after departing bkl climbing to 6;000 ft. Mansfield approach called with a manual hand off on [air taxi Y] an inbound to bkl also with the callsign. This caused difficulty starting a track on the inbound; and communicating with both aircraft even after explaining to both pilots of the duplicate call signs. This has the potential to be a very dangerous situation. There is absolutely no reason a company should have the same call sign on 2 active flights at the same time; given the infinite number of possible flight numbers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CLE Controller voiced concern regarding the continued use of identical call signs by one company with both aircraft operating at the same time and in the same locality.
Narrative: Air Taxi X was in my airspace after departing BKL climbing to 6;000 FT. Mansfield Approach called with a manual hand off on [Air Taxi Y] an inbound to BKL also with the callsign. This caused difficulty starting a track on the inbound; and communicating with both aircraft even after explaining to both pilots of the duplicate call signs. This has the potential to be a very dangerous situation. There is absolutely no reason a company should have the same call sign on 2 active flights at the same time; given the infinite number of possible flight numbers.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.