Narrative:

During our departure from teterboro; nj; we were assigned the ruudy 2 RNAV. While proceeding on the ruddy 2; the new york departure controller asked if we were able to go to elvae intersection. The new york controller spoke very quickly and I was not exactly sure what he had said to us. I thought the new york controller said the elbee intersection. I stated back to him that our clearance was to white intersection and he gave us a heading to intercept the 350 radial off of colt's neck VOR. The frequency for the colt's neck VOR is not on the ruudy 2 SID because it is a RNAV SID. However; it is on the teterboro six SID. I tuned in the frequency for the captain flying the aircraft and he used the RMI bearing pointer making a turn to intercept the 350 radial. He actually intercepted the 010 degree radial of colt's neck. The new york controller caught the captain's error and told us to fly 230 degree heading to intercept the 350 degree radial. After climbing to our assigned altitude; I reviewed the ruudy 2 SID chart. It was now apparent to me what the new york controller had asked earlier when he inquired if we were able to go to the elvae intersection; which is depicted on the ruudy 2 SID. Our confusion was in the way the new york controller spoke so quickly and was not clear in his direction to us and his pronunciation. Our error was not realizing that the new york controller had said elvae and the captain flying intercepted the wrong radial to colt's neck. In the future; I will double check all SID's to become more familiar with the routing and the captain flying will go to short range navigation and will use the bearing pointer only as a back up.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A corporate jet pilot reported departing on the TEB RUUDY 2 RNAV and being asked to fly to ELVAE Intersection which the reporter confused with the ELBEE Intersection because of rapid speech and unfamiliarity. The Controller wanted aircraft on the COL 350 R which is described on the TEB6 SID.

Narrative: During our departure from Teterboro; NJ; we were assigned the RUUDY 2 RNAV. While proceeding on the RUDDY 2; the New York Departure Controller asked if we were able to go to ELVAE Intersection. The New York Controller spoke very quickly and I was not exactly sure what he had said to us. I thought the New York Controller said the ELBEE Intersection. I stated back to him that our clearance was to WHITE Intersection and he gave us a heading to intercept the 350 radial off of Colt's Neck VOR. The frequency for the Colt's Neck VOR is not on the RUUDY 2 SID because it is a RNAV SID. However; it is on the Teterboro Six SID. I tuned in the frequency for the Captain flying the aircraft and he used the RMI bearing pointer making a turn to intercept the 350 radial. He actually intercepted the 010 degree radial of Colt's Neck. The New York Controller caught the Captain's error and told us to fly 230 degree heading to intercept the 350 degree radial. After climbing to our assigned altitude; I reviewed the RUUDY 2 SID chart. It was now apparent to me what the New York Controller had asked earlier when he inquired if we were able to go to the ELVAE Intersection; which is depicted on the RUUDY 2 SID. Our confusion was in the way the New York Controller spoke so quickly and was not clear in his direction to us and his pronunciation. Our error was not realizing that the New York Controller had said ELVAE and the Captain flying intercepted the wrong radial to Colt's Neck. In the future; I will double check all SID's to become more familiar with the routing and the Captain flying will go to short range NAV and will use the bearing pointer only as a back up.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.