Light transport crew missed a frequency change given them by approach control.

Attributes
ACN	351500
Time
Date	199610
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : atl tower : cle
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	descent : approach
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 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	351500
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were being vectored for the visual approach to runway 27L at atl. We had been talking to approach on 127.9, when the controller asked if we had gotten our frequency change. We told him we had not. He told us he gave us a frequency change earlier and that someone read it back. Neither the first officer nor myself remembered getting a frequency change. If we did get one and missed it, a causal factor could be that this was our third continuous duty overnight in a row. We got about 4 1/2 hours of sleep the night before and that was interrupted in the middle of the night by a call from maintenance concerning a maintenance problem with the aircraft that arose due to flight attendant training in the aircraft in the middle of the night.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LTT CREW MISSED A FREQ CHANGE GIVEN THEM BY APCH CTL.

Narrative: WE WERE BEING VECTORED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 27L AT ATL. WE HAD BEEN TALKING TO APCH ON 127.9, WHEN THE CTLR ASKED IF WE HAD GOTTEN OUR FREQ CHANGE. WE TOLD HIM WE HAD NOT. HE TOLD US HE GAVE US A FREQ CHANGE EARLIER AND THAT SOMEONE READ IT BACK. NEITHER THE FO NOR MYSELF REMEMBERED GETTING A FREQ CHANGE. IF WE DID GET ONE AND MISSED IT, A CAUSAL FACTOR COULD BE THAT THIS WAS OUR THIRD CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT IN A ROW. WE GOT ABOUT 4 1/2 HRS OF SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THAT WAS INTERRUPTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY A CALL FROM MAINT CONCERNING A MAINT PROB WITH THE ACFT THAT AROSE DUE TO FLT ATTENDANT TRAINING IN THE ACFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

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.