Dispatcher releases flight with wrong aircraft number on paperwork at mco.

Attributes
ACN	409080
Time
Date	199807
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	409080
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft operated mco-mdw with incorrect tail number on flight plan. Dispatcher notified crew immediately upon discovery. During flight planning, paperwork was changed several times to reflect tail swap among 3 different aircraft due to maintenance. Upon fifth and final revision of paperwork due to swaps and delays, dispatcher failed to change down-line leg resulting in flight operating with incorrect tail number reflected on paperwork.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISPATCHER RELEASES FLT WITH WRONG ACFT NUMBER ON PAPERWORK AT MCO.

Narrative: ACFT OPERATED MCO-MDW WITH INCORRECT TAIL NUMBER ON FLT PLAN. DISPATCHER NOTIFIED CREW IMMEDIATELY UPON DISCOVERY. DURING FLT PLANNING, PAPERWORK WAS CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES TO REFLECT TAIL SWAP AMONG 3 DIFFERENT ACFT DUE TO MAINT. UPON FIFTH AND FINAL REVISION OF PAPERWORK DUE TO SWAPS AND DELAYS, DISPATCHER FAILED TO CHANGE DOWN-LINE LEG RESULTING IN FLT OPERATING WITH INCORRECT TAIL NUMBER REFLECTED ON PAPERWORK.

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.