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B757 aircraft crew with similar call sign responded erroneously to controller assigned heading change.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 420190 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mia tower : sfd |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 420190 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Passing through 12000 ft on heatt arrival we heard what sounded like 'air carrier xab turn right heading 240 degrees.' there was a slight pause, followed by 'no, air carrier xab that was for air carrier yab.' we returned to our original heading with no apparent loss of separation. I feel that air carrier X and air carrier Y should fix the problem of very similar call signs.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 ACFT CREW WITH SIMILAR CALL SIGN RESPONDED ERRONEOUSLY TO CTLR ASSIGNED HDG CHANGE.
Narrative: PASSING THROUGH 12000 FT ON HEATT ARR WE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE 'ACR XAB TURN R HDG 240 DEGS.' THERE WAS A SLIGHT PAUSE, FOLLOWED BY 'NO, ACR XAB THAT WAS FOR ACR YAB.' WE RETURNED TO OUR ORIGINAL HDG WITH NO APPARENT LOSS OF SEPARATION. I FEEL THAT ACR X AND ACR Y SHOULD FIX THE PROB OF VERY SIMILAR CALL SIGNS.
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.