Narrative:

Approximately 30 nm from iah and at 7000 ft we were cleared direct dploy; followed by direct jelli about 30 sec later. At some point within these fixes we were given a speed of 250 kts. We told ATC that we were not able to do that; and so they wanted us to fly 'best forward speed' which ended up being about 220 knots. We completed our descent and approach checklists; and another instruction was given to cross reign at 4000 ft. And we were cleared for the approach for 8R. We started down on the glide slope to cross reign; the captain elected to completely configure the aircraft for landing approximately 12 DME.by the time we arrived at reign; we were at our approach speed of 130 kts we were a little high and about a dot and half to the left of the localizer. The winds were very gusty out of the south gusting to 28 kts. After being configured atc issued a speed of 180 kts and I told them that we were unable; and I responded that 150 kts was the fastest we could do; they then reissued a speed of 160 kts. I was very busy on the radios at this point; we were told to turn right; followed by another instruction to 'break the approach'. I do recall at the time that the instruction 'break the approach' was given; that the captain had asked me a question; so I thought because we were told to turn right; and the 'break the approach' that it was for us. I verified in the right turn for a heading with tower to fly. ATC then asked if we had the field insight; and we said yes. They then told us to fly a heading of 060 to join the 8R localizer; we proceeded to turn left heading 060. Shortly after they issued us for runway 09 'cleared for the approach' and to contact tower. Once we landed and cleared the runway; we were told that we needed to contact houston approach control due to a deviation issue. After contacting houston approach on the ground; they were questioning the right turn; and we stated that we were told to turn to the right; followed by the break the approach.once they reviewed the tape; the break the approach was given to the aircraft following us. I'm positive that I verified that the 'break the approach' was for us with our call sign and shortly after for a heading assignment; but atc never responded other than asking if we had the field in sight. And that's when they told us to rejoin the 8R localizer; shortly after; 'cleared for the visual' for runway 9.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A flight crew reported they accidently took a clearance that was meant for another aircraft. This led to confusion for the pilots and controllers and forced several late runway changes.

Narrative: Approximately 30 nm from IAH and at 7000 ft we were cleared direct DPLOY; followed by direct JELLI about 30 sec later. At some point within these fixes we were given a speed of 250 kts. We told ATC that we were not able to do that; and so they wanted us to fly 'best forward speed' which ended up being about 220 knots. We completed our descent and approach checklists; and another instruction was given to cross REIGN at 4000 ft. and we were cleared for the approach for 8R. We started down on the glide slope to cross REIGN; the captain elected to completely configure the aircraft for landing approximately 12 DME.By the time we arrived at REIGN; we were at our approach speed of 130 kts we were a little high and about a dot and half to the left of the localizer. The winds were very gusty out of the south gusting to 28 kts. After being configured atc issued a speed of 180 kts and I told them that we were unable; and I responded that 150 kts was the fastest we could do; they then reissued a speed of 160 kts. I was very busy on the radios at this point; we were told to turn right; followed by another instruction to 'break the approach'. I do recall at the time that the instruction 'break the approach' was given; that the captain had asked me a question; so I thought because we were told to turn right; and the 'break the approach' that it was for us. I verified in the right turn for a heading with tower to fly. ATC then asked if we had the field insight; and we said yes. They then told us to fly a heading of 060 to join the 8R localizer; we proceeded to turn left heading 060. Shortly after they issued us for runway 09 'cleared for the approach' and to contact tower. Once we landed and cleared the runway; we were told that we needed to contact Houston Approach Control due to a deviation issue. After contacting Houston Approach on the ground; they were questioning the right turn; and we stated that we were told to turn to the right; followed by the break the approach.Once they reviewed the tape; the break the approach was given to the aircraft following us. I'm positive that I verified that the 'break the approach' was for us with our call sign and shortly after for a heading assignment; but atc never responded other than asking if we had the field in sight. And that's when they told us to rejoin the 8R localizer; shortly after; 'cleared for the visual' for runway 9.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.