Clearance confusion during climb over cyn, nj.

Attributes
ACN	473320
Time
Date	200005
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : cyn.vor
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl single value : 2800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : j209.airway
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	473320
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllerb other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flying from lga to mco. Captain flying. Climbing overhead captain turned outbound on J209 (236 degree radial). First officer said center wants us on the 204 degree radial. Captain turned left to intercept. First officer said the col 204 degree radial. Captain asked first officer to verify with center. Awaiting to get call to center in, center advised us to stop climb at FL280 and turn right to 270 degrees, stating we were off course. First officer mentioned confusion arose when center gave heading, altitude, navigation instruction and frequency change.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CLRNC CONFUSION DURING CLB OVER CYN, NJ.

Narrative: FLYING FROM LGA TO MCO. CAPT FLYING. CLBING OVERHEAD CAPT TURNED OUTBOUND ON J209 (236 DEG RADIAL). FO SAID CTR WANTS US ON THE 204 DEG RADIAL. CAPT TURNED L TO INTERCEPT. FO SAID THE COL 204 DEG RADIAL. CAPT ASKED FO TO VERIFY WITH CTR. AWAITING TO GET CALL TO CTR IN, CTR ADVISED US TO STOP CLB AT FL280 AND TURN R TO 270 DEGS, STATING WE WERE OFF COURSE. FO MENTIONED CONFUSION AROSE WHEN CTR GAVE HDG, ALT, NAV INSTRUCTION AND FREQ CHANGE.

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.