Narrative:

Location: ord 020 degree radial, 20 DME. Climbing out of ord on vectors, cleared and read back 'turn to 060 degrees, climb to 15000 ft.' center asked what was assigned heading. Says 'no, 020 degrees assigned, now climb to 17000 ft.' I responded '060 degrees understood and read back.' no response. Turned to 020 degrees and climbed to new altitude 17000 ft. No TA or RA. No further mention made by ATC.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 FO ATTEMPTS TO CLR THE CONFUSION REGARDING A PREVIOUS CLRNC WHEREIN THE CTLR DID NOT CORRECT AN ERRED READBACK FOR VECTORS OUT OF ORD, IL.

Narrative: LOCATION: ORD 020 DEG RADIAL, 20 DME. CLBING OUT OF ORD ON VECTORS, CLRED AND READ BACK 'TURN TO 060 DEGS, CLB TO 15000 FT.' CTR ASKED WHAT WAS ASSIGNED HDG. SAYS 'NO, 020 DEGS ASSIGNED, NOW CLB TO 17000 FT.' I RESPONDED '060 DEGS UNDERSTOOD AND READ BACK.' NO RESPONSE. TURNED TO 020 DEGS AND CLBED TO NEW ALT 17000 FT. NO TA OR RA. NO FURTHER MENTION MADE BY ATC.

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.