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While on a vector to ord runway 4R; a flight was cleared to degan intersection; but the crew heard devon which is on the ord 9R ILS. In a busy atmosphere; confusion resulted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1033157 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201208 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors STAR BENKY1 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 5700 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 4100 Flight Crew Type 250 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Initial approach to ord; [we were] inbound on benky 1. Receiving vectors from 'newrk' (ord landing east) runways 4R/10/9R in use. Received direct to devon and proceeded. Geometry looked wrong; so ATC queried. [We were] vectored to intercept runway 4R localizer. Landing [was] uneventful. Post flight mission analysis (including ATC radio review via 'live ATC' website) revealed controller gave instruction to 'direct to degan.' due to volume of radio traffic; crew heard/understood/read back 'devon.' 'degan' is a fix on ILS runway 4R. 'Devon is a fix on ILS runway 9R. [They are] too similar.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: While on a vector to ORD Runway 4R; a flight was cleared to DEGAN Intersection; but the crew heard DEVON which is on the ORD 9R ILS. In a busy atmosphere; confusion resulted.
Narrative: Initial approach to ORD; [we were] inbound on BENKY 1. Receiving vectors from 'NEWRK' (ORD landing East) Runways 4R/10/9R in use. Received direct to DEVON and proceeded. Geometry looked wrong; so ATC queried. [We were] vectored to intercept Runway 4R localizer. Landing [was] uneventful. Post flight mission analysis (including ATC radio review via 'Live ATC' website) revealed Controller gave instruction to 'Direct to DEGAN.' Due to volume of radio traffic; crew heard/understood/read back 'DEVON.' 'DEGAN' is a fix on ILS Runway 4R. 'DEVON is a fix on ILS Runway 9R. [They are] too similar.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.