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Wrong aircraft accepted descent clearance meant for another aircraft and conflicted through an occupied altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 127255 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198911 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sbv |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 21000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 127255 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 18000 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Air carrier Y at FL120 to top air carrier Y at FL200. Air carrier Y was cleared to descend to 16000'. Air carrier X responded to clearance and was not recognized as the wrong pilot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WRONG ACFT ACCEPTED DESCENT CLRNC MEANT FOR ANOTHER ACFT AND CONFLICTED THROUGH AN OCCUPIED ALT.
Narrative: ACR Y AT FL120 TO TOP ACR Y AT FL200. ACR Y WAS CLRED TO DSND TO 16000'. ACR X RESPONDED TO CLRNC AND WAS NOT RECOGNIZED AS THE WRONG PLT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.