An air carrier flight crew turned to a heading meant for another aircraft. The approach controller corrected the flight crew's error and no conflict occurred.

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Attributes
ACN	322730
Time
Date	199512
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mia
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	322730
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	322841
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

At XA30Z on dec/wed/95 while under mia approach control vectoring to mia runway 09R, we were told to expedite descent to 3000 ft on a 270 degree heading and expect a base turn in 4 mi. Approximately 1 minute later, the crew acknowledged instructions for a turn to 070 degrees. While rolling out on a 070 degree heading, the controller told us to continue our turn to 180 degrees. He then stated that the original turn to 070 degrees was not intended for us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FLC TURNED TO A HDG MEANT FOR ANOTHER ACFT. THE APCH CTLR CORRECTED THE FLC'S ERROR AND NO CONFLICT OCCURRED.

Narrative: AT XA30Z ON DEC/WED/95 WHILE UNDER MIA APCH CTL VECTORING TO MIA RWY 09R, WE WERE TOLD TO EXPEDITE DSCNT TO 3000 FT ON A 270 DEG HDG AND EXPECT A BASE TURN IN 4 MI. APPROX 1 MINUTE LATER, THE CREW ACKNOWLEDGED INSTRUCTIONS FOR A TURN TO 070 DEGS. WHILE ROLLING OUT ON A 070 DEG HDG, THE CTLR TOLD US TO CONTINUE OUR TURN TO 180 DEGS. HE THEN STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL TURN TO 070 DEGS WAS NOT INTENDED FOR US.

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.