Narrative:

During climb out from den, tower said and we read back, 'air carrier, turn to 080 degrees switch to departure.' departure (128.25) said, 'air carrier, climb and maintain FL230.' approaching 9000 ft departure said, 'air carrier, turn left heading 350 degrees maintain 10000 ft.' where did you get the right turn?' we may have picked up another aircraft's clearance and tower didn't catch it. When level at 10000 ft, we saw on TCASII an aircraft above us at 11000 ft. Controller said there was no loss of separation. The denver TRACON supervisor said it was the tower that had given us the clearance to heading 080 degrees. He knew, since he had reviewed the tape.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 FO, DURING CLBOUT FROM DEN, RPTED THAT THE TWR HAD CONFUSED THEM WITH ANOTHER ACFT, ISSUING THEM A TURN WHICH CAUSED D21 TRACON SOME CONCERN.

Narrative: DURING CLBOUT FROM DEN, TWR SAID AND WE READ BACK, 'ACR, TURN TO 080 DEGS SWITCH TO DEP.' DEP (128.25) SAID, 'ACR, CLB AND MAINTAIN FL230.' APCHING 9000 FT DEP SAID, 'ACR, TURN L HEADING 350 DEGS MAINTAIN 10000 FT.' WHERE DID YOU GET THE R TURN?' WE MAY HAVE PICKED UP ANOTHER ACFT'S CLRNC AND TWR DIDN'T CATCH IT. WHEN LEVEL AT 10000 FT, WE SAW ON TCASII AN ACFT ABOVE US AT 11000 FT. CTLR SAID THERE WAS NO LOSS OF SEPARATION. THE DENVER TRACON SUPVR SAID IT WAS THE TWR THAT HAD GIVEN US THE CLRNC TO HEADING 080 DEGS. HE KNEW, SINCE HE HAD REVIEWED THE TAPE.

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.