ZMA controller described a confused flight plan event when the type of aircraft was uncertain becaus...

Narrative:

Fll tower sent me an email that a flight came into fll as a B767-200; but the flight plan showed an A320. They asked me to see if it was a miss filing or some other cause. There were three different flight plans in the computer on this flight number on this day. Two of the flight plans were B767-200 and the last one was A320. The separation standards are the same for the en route portion; but I believe that they are different for both the terminal and tower portions of the flight. I have not listened to the tapes to see if the flight plan was passed incorrectly from cuba or if we departed the wrong cid.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZMA Controller described a confused flight plan event when the type of aircraft was uncertain because of three flight plans on file containing different aircraft types.

Narrative: FLL Tower sent me an email that a flight came into FLL as a B767-200; but the flight plan showed an A320. They asked me to see if it was a miss filing or some other cause. There were three different flight plans in the computer on this flight number on this day. Two of the flight plans were B767-200 and the last one was A320. The separation standards are the same for the en route portion; but I believe that they are different for both the terminal and tower portions of the flight. I have not listened to the tapes to see if the flight plan was passed incorrectly from Cuba or if we departed the wrong CID.

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	912277
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZMA.ARTCC
State Reference	FL
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

ZMA controller described a confused flight plan event when the type of aircraft was uncertain because of three flight plans on file containing different aircraft types.