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B737 flight crew acknowledges clearance descent issued to a company air carrier with similar call sign that is not caught by ZTL controller until after the fact.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 589523 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200308 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : acy.vortac |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 14000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc.artcc tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 589523 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
Accepted wrong clearance. We were air carrier X, other flight air carrier Y, similar call signs. ATC did not listen to readback or inform us of flight with similar call sign.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 FLT CREW ACKNOWLEDGES CLRNC DSCNT ISSUED TO A COMPANY ACR WITH SIMILAR CALL SIGN THAT IS NOT CAUGHT BY ZTL CTLR UNTIL AFTER THE FACT.
Narrative: ACCEPTED WRONG CLRNC. WE WERE ACR X, OTHER FLT ACR Y, SIMILAR CALL SIGNS. ATC DID NOT LISTEN TO READBACK OR INFORM US OF FLT WITH SIMILAR CALL SIGN.
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.