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Captain of an mdt turboprop responded to the wrong similar sounding call sign during taxi to the runway. He immediately stopped the aircraft after realizing his mistake and subsequently received his own clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 390570 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 390570 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On spot X waiting for taxi instructions. Complied with taxi instructions from a flight that had similar call sign and had taxied onto taxiway a from the ramp. When the mistake was noticed, immediately stopped the aircraft and the ground controller gave us our flight's taxi instructions to the active runway. There was no conflict in taxiing traffic, but we did move onto a taxiway without instructions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MDT TURBOPROP RESPONDED TO THE WRONG SIMILAR SOUNDING CALL SIGN DURING TAXI TO THE RWY. HE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE ACFT AFTER REALIZING HIS MISTAKE AND SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED HIS OWN CLRNC.
Narrative: ON SPOT X WAITING FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. COMPLIED WITH TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FROM A FLT THAT HAD SIMILAR CALL SIGN AND HAD TAXIED ONTO TXWY A FROM THE RAMP. WHEN THE MISTAKE WAS NOTICED, IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE ACFT AND THE GND CTLR GAVE US OUR FLT'S TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ACTIVE RWY. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT IN TAXIING TFC, BUT WE DID MOVE ONTO A TXWY WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS.
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.