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Flight crew of an medium large transport failed to turn as instructed by departure control due to a misunderstanding that the call was for another company aircraft with similar sounding call sign.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 332880 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199604 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 16200 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 332880 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We departed dfw on runway 18L. We were being given radar vectors. We missed a turn given to us by ATC because we believed that ATC was contacting another flight. Our flight number was air carrier X. Another flight, air carrier Y, had taken off ahead of us and was being vectored by ATC on the same frequency as we were. The delay in our turn put us approximately 10 mi off course.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG FAILED TO TURN AS INSTRUCTED BY DEP CTL DUE TO A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT THE CALL WAS FOR ANOTHER COMPANY ACFT WITH SIMILAR SOUNDING CALL SIGN.
Narrative: WE DEPARTED DFW ON RWY 18L. WE WERE BEING GIVEN RADAR VECTORS. WE MISSED A TURN GIVEN TO US BY ATC BECAUSE WE BELIEVED THAT ATC WAS CONTACTING ANOTHER FLT. OUR FLT NUMBER WAS ACR X. ANOTHER FLT, ACR Y, HAD TAKEN OFF AHEAD OF US AND WAS BEING VECTORED BY ATC ON THE SAME FREQ AS WE WERE. THE DELAY IN OUR TURN PUT US APPROX 10 MI OFF COURSE.
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.