Aircraft holding short awaiting clearance into position. First officer heard a clearance for position and hold and replied cleared into position. Another aircraft with a similar call sign said the clearance was for them. Tower controller sorted things out after aircraft on final landed.

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Attributes
ACN	400821
Time
Date	199804
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sus
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : iad
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Citation I
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Sierra 24
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	400821
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 105 flight time total : 2350 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	400820
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were told to hold short of the active runway, soon after that the tower gave a taxi into position and hold clearance to my first officer, repeated back the clearance and I started across the hold short line, but still clear of the runway. Then another aircraft called and said we took his clearance so we held short. The other plane had a very similar tail number to ours. The other plane was the one that noticed the error. I don't believe the tower controller noticed the error. Another plane was on approach 1 1/2 mi final and landed without incident. I believe that we were expecting a clearance at that time and when a similar tail number was called, we were expecting it to be ours. In the future we should try to be sure about receiving a clearance and reading back our whole tail number instead of just the last three numbers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT HOLDING SHORT AWAITING CLRNC INTO POS. FO HEARD A CLRNC FOR POS AND HOLD AND REPLIED CLRED INTO POS. ANOTHER ACFT WITH A SIMILAR CALL SIGN SAID THE CLRNC WAS FOR THEM. TWR CTLR SORTED THINGS OUT AFTER ACFT ON FINAL LANDED.

Narrative: WE WERE TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF THE ACTIVE RWY, SOON AFTER THAT THE TWR GAVE A TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD CLRNC TO MY FO, REPEATED BACK THE CLRNC AND I STARTED ACROSS THE HOLD SHORT LINE, BUT STILL CLR OF THE RWY. THEN ANOTHER ACFT CALLED AND SAID WE TOOK HIS CLRNC SO WE HELD SHORT. THE OTHER PLANE HAD A VERY SIMILAR TAIL NUMBER TO OURS. THE OTHER PLANE WAS THE ONE THAT NOTICED THE ERROR. I DON'T BELIEVE THE TWR CTLR NOTICED THE ERROR. ANOTHER PLANE WAS ON APCH 1 1/2 MI FINAL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE EXPECTING A CLRNC AT THAT TIME AND WHEN A SIMILAR TAIL NUMBER WAS CALLED, WE WERE EXPECTING IT TO BE OURS. IN THE FUTURE WE SHOULD TRY TO BE SURE ABOUT RECEIVING A CLRNC AND READING BACK OUR WHOLE TAIL NUMBER INSTEAD OF JUST THE LAST THREE NUMBERS.

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.