<< >> NASA ASRS Report 819615, January 2009

Air carrier departure from clt described a go-around event of company aircraft alleging four-digit callsigns caused confusion and the go-around.

Attributes
ACN	819615
Time
Date	200901
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 500 Flight Crew Total 19600 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Other Similar Call Signs
Miss Distance	Horizontal 10000

Narrative:

Aircraft Y was on a 4 mile final runway 36C clt. We (aircraft X) were cleared into position and hold runway 36C clt. Shortly thereafter; aircraft X was cleared for takeoff runway 36C. During the last part of the takeoff run; tower gave aircraft Y a go-around. After we became airborne; tower gave aircraft X a 240 degree heading and to maintain 4;000 ft. I believe the tower meant to say aircraft Y. Similar call signs is the problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier departure from CLT described a go-around event of company aircraft alleging four-digit callsigns caused confusion and the go-around.

Narrative: Aircraft Y was on a 4 mile final Runway 36C CLT. We (Aircraft X) were cleared into position and hold Runway 36C CLT. Shortly thereafter; Aircraft X was cleared for takeoff Runway 36C. During the last part of the takeoff run; Tower gave Aircraft Y a go-around. After we became airborne; Tower gave Aircraft X a 240 degree heading and to maintain 4;000 FT. I believe the Tower meant to say Aircraft Y. Similar call signs is the problem.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.