Narrative:

After takeoff from lax; ATC amended the departure with fly heading 180; then 210. That was accomplished. ATC then directed us to fly to what we thought was sebby intersection and I did read that back as I had heard it. What he meant was pevee intersection. After being handed off to the next controller we were informed of not being cleared yet for the turn. I advised departure that we were going to our assigned fix. He turned us a couple of times and we rejoined the departure. No aircraft was affected and the rest of the departure was normal.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported that on a LAX RNAV Departure; following initial departure vectors; they were cleared to what they thought was SEBBY Intersection when the Controller meant the PEVEE Waypoint.

Narrative: After takeoff from LAX; ATC amended the departure with fly heading 180; then 210. That was accomplished. ATC then directed us to fly to what we thought was SEBBY Intersection and I did read that back as I had heard it. What he meant was PEVEE Intersection. After being handed off to the next Controller we were informed of not being cleared yet for the turn. I advised Departure that we were going to our assigned fix. He turned us a couple of times and we rejoined the departure. No aircraft was affected and the rest of the departure was normal.

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.