Flight crew confusion over VOR identify.

Attributes
ACN	303977
Time
Date	199505
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : act
State Reference	TX
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac other vortac
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : direct enroute airway : zfw
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : private pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	303977
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Everyday I'm sure there are numerous people who temporarily confuse waco (act) with acton (aqn). These 2 fixes are close together and any normal person would at first assume that acton would be act. This is an everyday safety problem and waco should be renamed to a different 3 letter identifier. Maybe waco is free or something better than act. Please, for safety's sake change the waco identifier.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC CONFUSION OVER VOR IDENT.

Narrative: EVERYDAY I'M SURE THERE ARE NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO TEMPORARILY CONFUSE WACO (ACT) WITH ACTON (AQN). THESE 2 FIXES ARE CLOSE TOGETHER AND ANY NORMAL PERSON WOULD AT FIRST ASSUME THAT ACTON WOULD BE ACT. THIS IS AN EVERYDAY SAFETY PROB AND WACO SHOULD BE RENAMED TO A DIFFERENT 3 LETTER IDENTIFIER. MAYBE WACO IS FREE OR SOMETHING BETTER THAN ACT. PLEASE, FOR SAFETY'S SAKE CHANGE THE WACO IDENTIFIER.

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.