Flight crew of an MD88 flew the wrong STAR arrival due to failing to properly hear and understand actual clearance given by clearance delivery and that of the preflight plan filed route.

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Attributes
ACN	458820
Time
Date	199912
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : day.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : atl.tracon tower : day.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-600, -700, -800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : vacating altitude descent : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	arrival star : rmg 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 1600
ASRS Report	458820
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other controllerb
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Clearance delivery gave us clearance to atl to include squawk, radial out of cvg to intercept, frequency, altitude, and speed reduction of 250 KIAS. To the best of my knowledge, I never heard 'full readback or rerte clearance.' the controller apparently wanted us to fly the rmg 2 arrival into atl. We were prefiled for the macey 2. It may have been misread and/or incorrectly inputted into the FMC due to a jump seat, cargo (live dog), and the unusual distrs of a full passenger load. We did not realize our mistake until on the ground at atlanta.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MD88 FLEW THE WRONG STAR ARR DUE TO FAILING TO PROPERLY HEAR AND UNDERSTAND ACTUAL CLRNC GIVEN BY CLRNC DELIVERY AND THAT OF THE PREFLT PLAN FILED RTE.

Narrative: CLRNC DELIVERY GAVE US CLRNC TO ATL TO INCLUDE SQUAWK, RADIAL OUT OF CVG TO INTERCEPT, FREQ, ALT, AND SPD REDUCTION OF 250 KIAS. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, I NEVER HEARD 'FULL READBACK OR RERTE CLRNC.' THE CTLR APPARENTLY WANTED US TO FLY THE RMG 2 ARR INTO ATL. WE WERE PREFILED FOR THE MACEY 2. IT MAY HAVE BEEN MISREAD AND/OR INCORRECTLY INPUTTED INTO THE FMC DUE TO A JUMP SEAT, CARGO (LIVE DOG), AND THE UNUSUAL DISTRS OF A FULL PAX LOAD. WE DID NOT REALIZE OUR MISTAKE UNTIL ON THE GND AT ATLANTA.

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.