Narrative:

When receiving my clearance I first had the INDY6 and it was changed (during taxi) by ground control to ROCKY8 departure. Immediately after departure I was cleared direct to tth. Prior to arriving at tth I received a clearance to rocky intersection; but I misunderstood and thought he said rokne intersection which was along my route of flight. I read back 'rockne' and asked him to make sure that I was correct; and he confirmed my read-back. I think that one or both of us misunderstood what the other person was saying. About 20 minutes later center asked if I was on course for rocky and I told him that I was on course for rokne. He said that was not correct; I told him I would correct the error; and he then told me to continue to rokne. Primary cause.... Poor communication from beginning to the end.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Pilot departed IND flying the ROCKY 8 Departure. When cleared direct to ROCKY Intersection; the Pilot verified ROKNE with the Controller since it was on his route of flight. Later ATC asked the pilot to verify direct ROCKY but the Pilot reported direct ROKNE; 386NM Southwest of ROCKY.

Narrative: When receiving my clearance I first had the INDY6 and it was changed (during taxi) by ground control to ROCKY8 Departure. Immediately after departure I was cleared direct to TTH. Prior to arriving at TTH I received a clearance to ROCKY intersection; but I misunderstood and thought he said ROKNE intersection which was along my route of flight. I read back 'ROCKNE' and asked him to make sure that I was correct; and he confirmed my read-back. I think that one or both of us misunderstood what the other person was saying. About 20 minutes later Center asked if I was on course for ROCKY and I told him that I was on course for ROKNE. He said that was not correct; I told him I would correct the error; and he then told me to continue to ROKNE. Primary cause.... poor communication from beginning to the end.

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.