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 Illinois the profile showed a cruise speed of around 190  at 7500.  Seems very strange any one had this happen to them.

Edited yesterday at 12:57 AM by bonal
Wrong state

[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.    

[bonal]

Checked and reporting facility was Kansas City center.  So likely an entry error.  But searching further discovered that there is an m20e same year as our d that shares the same serial number in the FAA registration records I understand that pre 1966 serial number assigned were not as specific ie year and model related and were just sequential.  This raises a question about whether I need to take action with the FAA I know the data plate on our D is consistent with the registration on file.  Looking at the pictures of the E it’s a nice looking plane and has a different tail number.

[201er]

On 10/13/2025 at 11:34 AM, bonal said:

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.

[bonal]

Not helpful but very funny 

[Bartman]

A few years ago I saw that I had apparently I flown to Europe or something like that, but I don’t remember it. 

[Echo]

I was in Indy 10/3 and was cooking pretty good, but 180mph NOT knots...lol.