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Regional jet captain reports confusion over similar sounding fix names (husel and hoosr) during arrival to iad.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 950429 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201105 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAD.TRACON |
| State Reference | VA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
On the arrival (hyper 2) we were told by ATC that iad was going from a north to a south landing operation and to expect 19C. Before we arrived at mulrr intersection I decided to make the in-range call to ops and the landing announcement. While on radio #2 ATC cleared us directed to hoosr on the 19C localizer. The pilot flying read back husel which is a fix still on the hyper 2 arrival. After talking to ops; the pilot flying told me of the change of fix and I agreed (I listen to 1 when I am off on 2 and I had heard husel as well) after a few minutes ATC asked us if we were flying to hoosr. We stated that we were going to husel on the arrival. ATC gave us a new clearance direct to hoosr. Even though I thought I heard husel while off on 2; I should have verified it when I came back with ATC.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Regional Jet Captain reports confusion over similar sounding fix names (HUSEL and HOOSR) during arrival to IAD.
Narrative: On the arrival (Hyper 2) we were told by ATC that IAD was going from a north to a south landing operation and to expect 19C. Before we arrived at MULRR intersection I decided to make the in-range call to ops and the landing announcement. While on radio #2 ATC cleared us directed to HOOSR on the 19C localizer. The pilot flying read back HUSEL which is a fix still on the Hyper 2 arrival. After talking to ops; the pilot flying told me of the change of fix and I agreed (I listen to 1 when I am off on 2 and I had heard HUSEL as well) After a few minutes ATC asked us if we were flying to HOOSR. We stated that we were going to HUSEL on the arrival. ATC gave us a new clearance direct to HOOSR. Even though I thought I heard HUSEL while off on 2; I should have verified it when I came back with ATC.
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.