ZID controller issues clearance to wrong air carrier and separation was lost.

Attributes
ACN	442631
Time
Date	199907
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : rod.vortac
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 34000
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zid.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : enroute altitude change cruise : descent
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zid.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute airway : j29.airway
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 14
ASRS Report	442631
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	atc equipment : conflict alert aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : investigated
Miss Distance	horizontal : 9600 vertical : 1600
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Aircraft X was climbing on an assigned vector from FL330 to FL350. Aircraft Y was J80 rod J29. I looked at the wrong flight progress strip and thought aircraft Y was J80 rod J152. Aircraft Y turned about 60 degrees north after rod on J29 and separation was lost.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZID CTLR ISSUES CLRNC TO WRONG ACR AND SEPARATION WAS LOST.

Narrative: ACFT X WAS CLBING ON AN ASSIGNED VECTOR FROM FL330 TO FL350. ACFT Y WAS J80 ROD J29. I LOOKED AT THE WRONG FLT PROGRESS STRIP AND THOUGHT ACFT Y WAS J80 ROD J152. ACFT Y TURNED ABOUT 60 DEGS N AFTER ROD ON J29 AND SEPARATION WAS LOST.

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.