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Air carrier captain reported of similar sounding intersections that caused confusion for their flight to aus.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1353478 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201605 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AUS.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | STAR WLEEE3 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 2297 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
Our flight plan was direct WLEEE3 aus. During climb we were cleared direct bocck (named after the style of beer; I suspect) which we complied with. When I opened the wleee arrival on my ipad I saw that on the arrival there is a 'bbach' intersection; presumably named for the composer. I figured we were correct in going to bocck; but I queried the controller to confirm (and yes; we were correct).I question the wisdom of having two intersections with identical pronunciations in such close proximity. To reduce the potential for confusion; how about renaming bbach to batvn (beethoven)?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reported of similar sounding intersections that caused confusion for their flight to AUS.
Narrative: Our flight plan was direct WLEEE3 AUS. During climb we were cleared direct BOCCK (named after the style of beer; I suspect) which we complied with. When I opened the WLEEE arrival on my iPad I saw that on the arrival there is a 'BBACH' intersection; presumably named for the composer. I figured we were correct in going to BOCCK; but I queried the controller to confirm (and yes; we were correct).I question the wisdom of having two intersections with identical pronunciations in such close proximity. To reduce the potential for confusion; how about renaming BBACH to BATVN (Beethoven)?
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.