A B737-300 flight crew is given a direct to dixie intersection, southwest of lga, while having turned left towards a 040 degree heading as cleared on the whitestone climb. Departure controller had a problem as she wanted a right turn for traffic near lga, ny.

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Attributes
ACN	468260
Time
Date	200003
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl single value : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon tower : msy.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure : on vectors departure sid : la guardia
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	468260
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Inter Facility Coordination Failure Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On lga 9 departure off runway 13 with a whitestone climb. After starting our turn from 180 degrees to 40 degrees. We were given direct to dixie. Since we were already in a left turn, the captain wanted verification of which way the controller wanted the turn. Frequency congestion led to this taking a while and we continued in the left turn. This was not the direction the controller preferred but would have to work with since we were so far into the turn. Lots of congestion occurred with the controller saying we were cleared to a new altitude which we never (to our knowledge) registered. Controller then gave the altitude change again and we started the climb. Since the controller gave us a clearance different from the SID and we were already in the turn, it would have been helpful if she gave us the direction of the turn to the fix with the initial clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-300 FLC IS GIVEN A DIRECT TO DIXIE INTXN, SW OF LGA, WHILE HAVING TURNED L TOWARDS A 040 DEG HDG AS CLRED ON THE WHITESTONE CLB. DEP CTLR HAD A PROB AS SHE WANTED A R TURN FOR TFC NEAR LGA, NY.

Narrative: ON LGA 9 DEP OFF RWY 13 WITH A WHITESTONE CLB. AFTER STARTING OUR TURN FROM 180 DEGS TO 40 DEGS. WE WERE GIVEN DIRECT TO DIXIE. SINCE WE WERE ALREADY IN A L TURN, THE CAPT WANTED VERIFICATION OF WHICH WAY THE CTLR WANTED THE TURN. FREQ CONGESTION LED TO THIS TAKING A WHILE AND WE CONTINUED IN THE L TURN. THIS WAS NOT THE DIRECTION THE CTLR PREFERRED BUT WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH SINCE WE WERE SO FAR INTO THE TURN. LOTS OF CONGESTION OCCURRED WITH THE CTLR SAYING WE WERE CLRED TO A NEW ALT WHICH WE NEVER (TO OUR KNOWLEDGE) REGISTERED. CTLR THEN GAVE THE ALT CHANGE AGAIN AND WE STARTED THE CLB. SINCE THE CTLR GAVE US A CLRNC DIFFERENT FROM THE SID AND WE WERE ALREADY IN THE TURN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IF SHE GAVE US THE DIRECTION OF THE TURN TO THE FIX WITH THE INITIAL CLRNC.

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.