<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1163717, April 2014

A pilot climbing on the STREL2 SID was cleared to 'climb via' but stopped climbing at 5;000 ft at which time ATC questioned the climb delay; and then issued a correction along with a continued climb.

Attributes
ACN	1163717
Time
Date	201404
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SNA.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID STREL2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 13400 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Undershoot Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

We were given a climb via on our pre departure clearance except to maintain 7;000. We leveled off at 5;000 per the SID. We were given a climb and maintain 13;000. We discussed the new climb via procedure and were unsure if we needed to hear climb unrestricted to 13;000. ATC queried us why we were not climbing. We stated we were climbing via the SID. Page controller kindly corrected us and we climbed to 13;000. We reviewed the new climb via procedure; and realized we were incorrect. This is a new procedure; and to a pilot is totally opposite to how we have flown in the past. This will take some time to get pilots to fly the new altitudes correctly.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot climbing on the STREL2 SID was cleared to 'Climb Via' but stopped climbing at 5;000 FT at which time ATC questioned the climb delay; and then issued a correction along with a continued climb.

Narrative: We were given a climb via on our PDC except to maintain 7;000. We leveled off at 5;000 per the SID. We were given a climb and maintain 13;000. We discussed the new climb via procedure and were unsure if we needed to hear climb unrestricted to 13;000. ATC queried us why we were not climbing. We stated we were climbing via the SID. Page Controller kindly corrected us and we climbed to 13;000. We reviewed the new climb via procedure; and realized we were incorrect. This is a new procedure; and to a pilot is totally opposite to how we have flown in the past. This will take some time to get pilots to fly the new altitudes correctly.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.