Narrative:

Clearance from lax clearance delivery was lax 3 departure. We departed, were told to climb to 3000 ft, best forward speed. After switch to socal, socal says to climb to 13000 ft. Reaching the 10 DME fix, I call socal and ask 'cpr X, do you have us or do you want us on the departure route?' socal 'was that cpr X?' 'yes, sir do you want us to follow the departure route?' 'cpr X turn left 210 degrees.' '210 degrees cpr X.' socal 'are you on the lax 3 departure.' 'I was given that departure.' 'change frequency to XXX.xx.' in the initial socal reply, something like 'climb 13000 ft lax 3' would have clarified the situation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A C525 CITATION FAILED TO TURN DURING INITIAL CLB AFTER TKOF AS SPECIFIED IN SID DEP.

Narrative: CLRNC FROM LAX CLRNC DELIVERY WAS LAX 3 DEP. WE DEPARTED, WERE TOLD TO CLB TO 3000 FT, BEST FORWARD SPD. AFTER SWITCH TO SOCAL, SOCAL SAYS TO CLB TO 13000 FT. REACHING THE 10 DME FIX, I CALL SOCAL AND ASK 'CPR X, DO YOU HAVE US OR DO YOU WANT US ON THE DEP RTE?' SOCAL 'WAS THAT CPR X?' 'YES, SIR DO YOU WANT US TO FOLLOW THE DEP RTE?' 'CPR X TURN L 210 DEGS.' '210 DEGS CPR X.' SOCAL 'ARE YOU ON THE LAX 3 DEP.' 'I WAS GIVEN THAT DEP.' 'CHANGE FREQ TO XXX.XX.' IN THE INITIAL SOCAL REPLY, SOMETHING LIKE 'CLB 13000 FT LAX 3' WOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THE SIT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.