Clt TRACON controller described controller airspace deviation event when air carrier responded to mu...

Narrative:

Aircraft abcd was an arrival to clt. The aircraft initially check in on my frequency as a result of taking a frequency change for another aircraft. I informed aircraft abcd that he had taken the clearance for aircraft abce and sent them back to the center. Later after I received a hand off on abcd he again took a frequency change for abce who I was handing off to the final controller. I immediately stated that the instruction was to abcd. In spite of the correction aircraft abcd switched to the final controller. The final controller had taken a hand-off on aircraft abce and mistakenly assumed the aircraft checking in was the aircraft he took a hand-off on. The final controller issued a descent clearance to abcd because of his error. The result was an airspace deviation for the controller. Given that this was the second time in 15 minutes that abcd took a clearance for a different aircraft I feel the pilot of abcd should have been given a deviation. The manager on duty would not file a deviation nor would he bring this to the attention of the company. There is no doubt that ATC was at fault in that we issued a clearance to the wrong aircraft. However there is no doubt that the pilot of abcd was the true cause of the situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CLT TRACON Controller described controller airspace deviation event when air carrier responded to multiple clearances issued to another similar sounding call sign aircraft; reporter contending flight crews were also partially responsible for event.

Narrative: Aircraft ABCD was an arrival to CLT. The aircraft initially check in on my frequency as a result of taking a frequency change for another aircraft. I informed Aircraft ABCD that he had taken the clearance for Aircraft ABCE and sent them back to the center. Later after I received a hand off on ABCD he again took a frequency change for ABCE who I was handing off to the final controller. I immediately stated that the instruction was to ABCD. In spite of the correction aircraft ABCD switched to the final controller. The final controller had taken a hand-off on aircraft ABCE and mistakenly assumed the aircraft checking in was the aircraft he took a hand-off on. The final controller issued a descent clearance to ABCD because of his error. The result was an airspace deviation for the controller. Given that this was the second time in 15 minutes that ABCD took a clearance for a different aircraft I feel the pilot of ABCD should have been given a deviation. The manager on duty would not file a deviation nor would he bring this to the attention of the company. There is no doubt that ATC was at fault in that we issued a clearance to the wrong aircraft. However there is no doubt that the pilot of ABCD was the true cause of the situation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	841994
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (mon) 3 Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 20
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Clt TRACON controller described controller airspace deviation event when air carrier responded to multiple clearances issued to another similar sounding call sign aircraft; reporter contending flight crews were also partially responsible for event.