Wrong departure frequency. Uncooperative ATC.

Attributes
ACN	305200
Time
Date	199505
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : atl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 20000
ASRS Report	305200
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Took off from atl, captain flying, first officer dialed in the wrong departure frequency. He put in the north departure frequency but should have put in the south! All 3 crew members believed we heard acknowledgement from the controller upon sign-in. After some time passed I asked to call departure and ask them their intentions. We were told to be quiet and wait, for they were busy, and would call us. 'Gentleman, we know what we are doing,' they stated. I looked at the pre departure clearance to verify the frequency. I then saw the error. We dialed in the correct frequency, atl departure said they tried to call us for 45 mi. That is all what was said. This was the last day of a difficult 4 day trip -- 15, 14, 13:30 hour days. We were all tired! Departure month should have alerted us that we came up on the wrong frequency.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WRONG DEP FREQ. UNCOOPERATIVE ATC.

Narrative: TOOK OFF FROM ATL, CAPT FLYING, FO DIALED IN THE WRONG DEP FREQ. HE PUT IN THE N DEP FREQ BUT SHOULD HAVE PUT IN THE S! ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS BELIEVED WE HEARD ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE CTLR UPON SIGN-IN. AFTER SOME TIME PASSED I ASKED TO CALL DEP AND ASK THEM THEIR INTENTIONS. WE WERE TOLD TO BE QUIET AND WAIT, FOR THEY WERE BUSY, AND WOULD CALL US. 'GENTLEMAN, WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING,' THEY STATED. I LOOKED AT THE PDC TO VERIFY THE FREQ. I THEN SAW THE ERROR. WE DIALED IN THE CORRECT FREQ, ATL DEP SAID THEY TRIED TO CALL US FOR 45 MI. THAT IS ALL WHAT WAS SAID. THIS WAS THE LAST DAY OF A DIFFICULT 4 DAY TRIP -- 15, 14, 13:30 HR DAYS. WE WERE ALL TIRED! DEP MONTH SHOULD HAVE ALERTED US THAT WE CAME UP ON THE WRONG FREQ.

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.