Has this ever happened to you

[bonal]

I went to flight aware to review my flight yesterday and entered my tail number and my two flights came up but there was a third flight that had the same number and was listed as a Mooney but with an unknown owner.  The flight was a couple weeks ago in Indiana the profile showed a cruise speed of around 190 knots at 7500.  Seems very strange any one had this happen to them.

[rklems]

This happens from time to time when a controller fat fingers the tail number when someone gets flight following (and manufacturers often get the N numbers in similar blocks, so a simple typo can often be a similar model). If you look at the track log for the flight, what does it say for the reporting facility? It'll say something like FAA Facility when it's coming from the FAA feed vs FlightAware ADS-B when it's coming from the feeder network. If it shows from FlightAware ADS-B then that's typically an installer mistake (either mis-entering the N number, or forgetting to reset the value when a piece of used equipment is sold and installed elsewhere)

[midlifeflyer]

I once looked up a Comanche I used to fly by tail number and found an ADS-B track for a Cessna 152.  No, the registration number had not been reassigned. 

[Jackk]

With how unprotected un thought out the ADSB system is, it’s more common than you think 

 

 could be someone just decided hey didn’t want their wife to see the flight, could be a avionics shop didn’t enter the hex on a new install correctly, etc etc 

 

 and as stated could be ATC messed up 

Edited Monday at 03:59 PM by Jackk

[bonal]

Thanks, I’ll check the reporting facility.  It’s never happened before so makes sense that it was just a typo and not a miss registration.  190 knots wish it was me.

[DCarlton]

I had someone ask me why I was in Florida once.  I told them I was in CA.  They told me Flightaware showed me being in FL.  I checked and it did.