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B737-500 crew picked up flight papers for a similar flight number in an identical aircraft to the same destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 534020 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 |
| ASRS Report | 534020 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Picked up wrong paperwork for flight XXXY (paperwork for XXXZ). Arrived in operations 30 mins prior to departure. Flight package on desk. Flight XXXZ viewed the package, signed the release, went to the aircraft, prepared for departure. Realized after departure that I had the wrong paperwork as we were flight XXXY not XXXZ. I knew I was taking a -500 model from ewr. When I arrived at operations there was one of flight papers on table. I noticed the aircraft number was a '500,' assumed it was my papers and did not check flight number. Will not fail to check flight number in future. In many places operations writes in big numbers, flight number and gate on the release. This does not absolve me from duty to look at flight number, but is helpful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-500 CREW PICKED UP FLT PAPERS FOR A SIMILAR FLT NUMBER IN AN IDENTICAL ACFT TO THE SAME DEST.
Narrative: PICKED UP WRONG PAPERWORK FOR FLT XXXY (PAPERWORK FOR XXXZ). ARRIVED IN OPS 30 MINS PRIOR TO DEP. FLT PACKAGE ON DESK. FLT XXXZ VIEWED THE PACKAGE, SIGNED THE RELEASE, WENT TO THE ACFT, PREPARED FOR DEP. REALIZED AFTER DEP THAT I HAD THE WRONG PAPERWORK AS WE WERE FLT XXXY NOT XXXZ. I KNEW I WAS TAKING A -500 MODEL FROM EWR. WHEN I ARRIVED AT OPS THERE WAS ONE OF FLT PAPERS ON TABLE. I NOTICED THE ACFT NUMBER WAS A '500,' ASSUMED IT WAS MY PAPERS AND DID NOT CHK FLT NUMBER. WILL NOT FAIL TO CHK FLT NUMBER IN FUTURE. IN MANY PLACES OPS WRITES IN BIG NUMBERS, FLT NUMBER AND GATE ON THE RELEASE. THIS DOES NOT ABSOLVE ME FROM DUTY TO LOOK AT FLT NUMBER, BUT IS HELPFUL.
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.