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After landing mwcr, A320 flight crew are advised they executed the wrong approach procedure. Sound alike fix names are advised as contributing to confusion as well as language barrier.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 540958 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mwcr.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl single value : 17000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival star : goran |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : tys.tower |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 540958 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication Airspace Structure ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Gcm (mwcr) ATIS stated arrival and approach in use, but was unreadable. We understood and replied to the controller after initial contact to go direct gcm, then the visual to runway 8. He thought we were doing the goran transition to the visual runway 8. After landing, he asked us what our clearance limit was. We told him gcm, to which he replied he had given us goran. He then told us it is a common mistake and that they keep a log of these types of events. We (us and the controller) agreed the names gcm and goran are too similar sounding. The problem with the mistake we made is that gcm is a non radar environment and departing aircraft could potentially be hazardous to the route we took. Solution: make the ATIS clrer, change the goran intersection's name to something that is phonetically different from gcm.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER LNDG MWCR, A320 FLC ARE ADVISED THEY EXECUTED THE WRONG APCH PROC. SOUND ALIKE FIX NAMES ARE ADVISED AS CONTRIBUTING TO CONFUSION AS WELL AS LANGUAGE BARRIER.
Narrative: GCM (MWCR) ATIS STATED ARR AND APCH IN USE, BUT WAS UNREADABLE. WE UNDERSTOOD AND REPLIED TO THE CTLR AFTER INITIAL CONTACT TO GO DIRECT GCM, THEN THE VISUAL TO RWY 8. HE THOUGHT WE WERE DOING THE GORAN TRANSITION TO THE VISUAL RWY 8. AFTER LNDG, HE ASKED US WHAT OUR CLRNC LIMIT WAS. WE TOLD HIM GCM, TO WHICH HE REPLIED HE HAD GIVEN US GORAN. HE THEN TOLD US IT IS A COMMON MISTAKE AND THAT THEY KEEP A LOG OF THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. WE (US AND THE CTLR) AGREED THE NAMES GCM AND GORAN ARE TOO SIMILAR SOUNDING. THE PROB WITH THE MISTAKE WE MADE IS THAT GCM IS A NON RADAR ENVIRONMENT AND DEPARTING ACFT COULD POTENTIALLY BE HAZARDOUS TO THE RTE WE TOOK. SOLUTION: MAKE THE ATIS CLRER, CHANGE THE GORAN INTXN'S NAME TO SOMETHING THAT IS PHONETICALLY DIFFERENT FROM GCM.
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.