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Reporter claims controller had aircraft call signs mixed up and cleared them to land. Just prior to landing they recognized the confusion and tried to clarify.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 325170 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cle |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-88 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 325170 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Tower controller had our aircraft mixed up with another call sign þ- cleared 'us' to land as other aircraft. Tried to clarify just prior to landing when we realized we didn't have clearance to land.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR CLAIMS CTLR HAD ACFT CALL SIGNS MIXED UP AND CLRED THEM TO LAND. JUST PRIOR TO LNDG THEY RECOGNIZED THE CONFUSION AND TRIED TO CLARIFY.
Narrative: TWR CTLR HAD OUR ACFT MIXED UP WITH ANOTHER CALL SIGN þ- CLRED 'US' TO LAND AS OTHER ACFT. TRIED TO CLARIFY JUST PRIOR TO LNDG WHEN WE REALIZED WE DIDN'T HAVE CLRNC TO LAND.
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.