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.

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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.