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B727 given wrong pre departure clearance by gate agent. Crew did not notice and neither did departure controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 353940 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : phl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 353940 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Agent handed crew wrong pre departure clearance at push back. Wrong squawk was set. On the ensuing departure, control did not pick up discrepancy between the squawk and call sign. At handoff from phl departure to ZNY the confusion came to light. Possible confusion may have resulted in perceived navigation error. The situation was resolved with no apparent conflict -- only professional embarrassment and the potential for a serious problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 GIVEN WRONG PDC BY GATE AGENT. CREW DID NOT NOTICE AND NEITHER DID DEP CTLR.
Narrative: AGENT HANDED CREW WRONG PDC AT PUSH BACK. WRONG SQUAWK WAS SET. ON THE ENSUING DEP, CTL DID NOT PICK UP DISCREPANCY BTWN THE SQUAWK AND CALL SIGN. AT HDOF FROM PHL DEP TO ZNY THE CONFUSION CAME TO LIGHT. POSSIBLE CONFUSION MAY HAVE RESULTED IN PERCEIVED NAV ERROR. THE SIT WAS RESOLVED WITH NO APPARENT CONFLICT -- ONLY PROFESSIONAL EMBARRASSMENT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A SERIOUS PROB.
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.