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Mem departure controller described repeated events when departure aircraft established contact on the wrong departure frequency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 779714 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200803 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mem.airport |
| State Reference | TN |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mdst.tower |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : departure |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 6.5 controller radar : 12.5 controller time certified in position1 : 5.4 |
| ASRS Report | 779714 |
| Events | |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
I was working departure coordinator and monitoring west departure when air carrier X (an MD80) called the departure west controller. With the route of flight that air carrier X had filed; the departure east frequency is the frequency that should have been used. Just over 1 hour later; air carrier Y (a B712) did the exact same thing with the same filed routing. More proof that this happens on a daily basis and that something needs to be done.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MEM DEP CTLR DESCRIBED REPEATED EVENTS WHEN DEP ACFT ESTABLISHED CONTACT ON THE WRONG DEP FREQ.
Narrative: I WAS WORKING DEP COORDINATOR AND MONITORING W DEP WHEN ACR X (AN MD80) CALLED THE DEP W CTLR. WITH THE RTE OF FLT THAT ACR X HAD FILED; THE DEP E FREQ IS THE FREQ THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. JUST OVER 1 HR LATER; ACR Y (A B712) DID THE EXACT SAME THING WITH THE SAME FILED ROUTING. MORE PROOF THAT THIS HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS AND THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.