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Air carrier captain reported a minor airborne conflict; possibly due to an ATC clearance intended for another aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1407206 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZKC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | KS |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 112 Flight Crew Type 8500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On climbout from mci we were given a climb to fl 320. Another opposite direction aircraft (other carrier) was also given the same clearance. Both the first officer (first officer) and I verified each altitude change during the climbout. The last clearance given to us was fl 320. ATC shorty after asked us to expedite through FL330 up to FL410 for opposite direction traffic at the same altitude. We stated we were only cleared to fl 320. ATC then cleared us to fl 410 and to be out of fl 330 in one minute. ATC then gave (other carrier) a heading 40 degrees to the right. We hurried our climb. We never received a TCAS alert. I believe ATC mistakenly gave us both the same clearance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported a minor airborne conflict; possibly due to an ATC clearance intended for another aircraft.
Narrative: On climbout from MCI we were given a climb to FL 320. Another opposite direction aircraft (other carrier) was also given the same clearance. Both the First Officer (FO) and I verified each altitude change during the climbout. The last clearance given to us was FL 320. ATC shorty after asked us to expedite through FL330 up to FL410 for opposite direction traffic at the same altitude. We stated we were only cleared to FL 320. ATC then cleared us to FL 410 and to be out of FL 330 in one minute. ATC then gave (other carrier) a heading 40 degrees to the right. We hurried our climb. We never received a TCAS alert. I believe ATC mistakenly gave us both the same clearance.
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.