A B757-200 flight crew continues their takeoff after the tower controller calls them by the wrong flight number to cancel their takeoff clearance with crossing traffic on a missed approach at mia.

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Attributes
ACN	482230
Time
Date	200008
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer only : 30l
Flight Phase	landing : missed approach
Route In Use	approach : instrument non precision
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	482230
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne critical non adherence : clearance non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3000 vertical : 1000
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Location: end of runway 27R. Flight AG0D cleared for takeoff runway 27R mia. Checklist completed, first officer PF. At 120 KTS, mia tower called flight AE0D and said cancel takeoff clearance. Because of the close numbers I looked to the end of the runway thinking the tower may have made a mistake with our call sign. We both saw an aircraft executing a missed approach off of runway 30 mia. There were no further communications until after we reached vr. I continued the flight indicating to first officer that the tower had called out flight AE0D. As we took off and climbed out, the tower turned us to a heading of 250 degrees for additional separation from the aircraft on the missed approach. Tower said, 'I wanted you to cancel your takeoff clearance.' I said to the mia tower, 'we heard flight AE0D cancel your takeoff clearance.' the mia tower then said to us, 'I know.' mia tower gave us a north turn and handed us over to departure control with the response, 'no problems.' we continued our safe flight to lax.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 FLC CONTINUES THEIR TKOF AFTER THE TWR CTLR CALLS THEM BY THE WRONG FLT NUMBER TO CANCEL THEIR TKOF CLRNC WITH XING TFC ON A MISSED APCH AT MIA.

Narrative: LOCATION: END OF RWY 27R. FLT AG0D CLRED FOR TKOF RWY 27R MIA. CHKLIST COMPLETED, FO PF. AT 120 KTS, MIA TWR CALLED FLT AE0D AND SAID CANCEL TKOF CLRNC. BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE NUMBERS I LOOKED TO THE END OF THE RWY THINKING THE TWR MAY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE WITH OUR CALL SIGN. WE BOTH SAW AN ACFT EXECUTING A MISSED APCH OFF OF RWY 30 MIA. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMS UNTIL AFTER WE REACHED VR. I CONTINUED THE FLT INDICATING TO FO THAT THE TWR HAD CALLED OUT FLT AE0D. AS WE TOOK OFF AND CLBED OUT, THE TWR TURNED US TO A HDG OF 250 DEGS FOR ADDITIONAL SEPARATION FROM THE ACFT ON THE MISSED APCH. TWR SAID, 'I WANTED YOU TO CANCEL YOUR TKOF CLRNC.' I SAID TO THE MIA TWR, 'WE HEARD FLT AE0D CANCEL YOUR TKOF CLRNC.' THE MIA TWR THEN SAID TO US, 'I KNOW.' MIA TWR GAVE US A N TURN AND HANDED US OVER TO DEP CTL WITH THE RESPONSE, 'NO PROBS.' WE CONTINUED OUR SAFE FLT TO LAX.

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.