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Air carrier medium large transport track heading deviation. Claims similar a/north contributed to missing a clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 187912 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199108 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : fwa |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 25000 msl bound upper : 25000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zau |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | arrival star : star enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 25000 |
| ASRS Report | 187912 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
This was the old bug-a-boo of similar call signs. Air carrier X acce, air carrier X acee, air carrier X dee, air carrier X acfe and 1 air carrier Y aircraft all deviating WX from east coast wbound into chi center. We deviated and were cleared RNAV to fwa to pick up SID. We passed fwa and turned to knox. Center (we had changed frequencys) asked us our clearance. We told him. He then cleared us direct knox and the arrs. The controllers were overloaded enough without the extra burden of all these call signs. Similar call signs are one thing but this was a little much for anyone to handle.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG TRACK HDG DEV. CLAIMS SIMILAR A/N CONTRIBUTED TO MISSING A CLRNC.
Narrative: THIS WAS THE OLD BUG-A-BOO OF SIMILAR CALL SIGNS. ACR X ACCE, ACR X ACEE, ACR X DEE, ACR X ACFE AND 1 ACR Y ACFT ALL DEVIATING WX FROM E COAST WBOUND INTO CHI CENTER. WE DEVIATED AND WERE CLRED RNAV TO FWA TO PICK UP SID. WE PASSED FWA AND TURNED TO KNOX. CENTER (WE HAD CHANGED FREQS) ASKED US OUR CLRNC. WE TOLD HIM. HE THEN CLRED US DIRECT KNOX AND THE ARRS. THE CTLRS WERE OVERLOADED ENOUGH WITHOUT THE EXTRA BURDEN OF ALL THESE CALL SIGNS. SIMILAR CALL SIGNS ARE ONE THING BUT THIS WAS A LITTLE MUCH FOR ANYONE TO HANDLE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.