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A DHC8 flight crew receives a clearance to turn after takeoff, but they discover that the tower and departure control differ concerning the turn. The tower controller may have gotten confused by another company aircraft with a similar call sign.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 342960 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : roa |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : roa tower : roa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 3400 flight time type : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 342960 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After takeoff the captain initiated a left turn to 200 degrees as stated in the clearance. The tower controller then instructed us that we were to be runway heading assigned. The captain went back to runway heading. We were switched to departure. The departure controller told us that there had been some confusion between departure control and the tower. No one was sure if we had been issued the new departure instructions by the tower. I feel some confusion was caused by the fact that a company aircraft had departed immediately ahead of our flight with a similar sounding call sign.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DHC8 FLC RECEIVES A CLRNC TO TURN AFTER TKOF, BUT THEY DISCOVER THAT THE TWR AND DEP CTL DIFFER CONCERNING THE TURN. THE TWR CTLR MAY HAVE GOTTEN CONFUSED BY ANOTHER COMPANY ACFT WITH A SIMILAR CALL SIGN.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF THE CAPT INITIATED A L TURN TO 200 DEGS AS STATED IN THE CLRNC. THE TWR CTLR THEN INSTRUCTED US THAT WE WERE TO BE RWY HDG ASSIGNED. THE CAPT WENT BACK TO RWY HDG. WE WERE SWITCHED TO DEP. THE DEP CTLR TOLD US THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONFUSION BTWN DEP CTL AND THE TWR. NO ONE WAS SURE IF WE HAD BEEN ISSUED THE NEW DEP INSTRUCTIONS BY THE TWR. I FEEL SOME CONFUSION WAS CAUSED BY THE FACT THAT A COMPANY ACFT HAD DEPARTED IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF OUR FLT WITH A SIMILAR SOUNDING CALL SIGN.
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.