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A11 TRACON controller reported a pilot misunderstood his instruction and turned to a 200 heading instead of climbing to FL200.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1392749 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | A11.TRACON |
| State Reference | AK |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | SID KNIK2 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Departure |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 0.2 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Aircraft X departed anc IFR on the knik departure. On initial contact I radar identified him and climbed him to 20000 feet. About 30 seconds later he said confirm heading 200. I said negative continue the 'knik departure and climb and maintain FL200'. Aircraft X was already in the turn to the south in the 6000 ft MVA at 2000 ft. I asked him to expedite climb. Once above the MVA I gave him a turn to the north.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A11 TRACON Controller reported a pilot misunderstood his instruction and turned to a 200 heading instead of climbing to FL200.
Narrative: Aircraft X departed ANC IFR on the KNIK departure. On initial contact I radar identified him and climbed him to 20000 feet. About 30 seconds later he said confirm heading 200. I said negative continue the 'KNIK departure and climb and maintain FL200'. Aircraft X was already in the turn to the south in the 6000 ft MVA at 2000 ft. I asked him to expedite climb. Once above the MVA I gave him a turn to the north.
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.