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Captain reports confusion over similar sounding fix names departing hpn. The fixes being bayys and basye.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 920819 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201011 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZNY.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 2700 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
On receiving the clearance; I did not understand the controller and asked twice for him to repeat. He did have a heavy 'new york' accent. I understood one of the fixes to be 'bayse' but was actually 'bayys'. Basye is actually closer to hpn then bayys. As I was climbing out the new york center cleared me direct to the fix. As I rolled out to basye I was handed off to another controller who had me do a turn to 180. He then asked if I was going to bayys and I said basye. He told me I was cleared to bayys and asked why I was going in the wrong direction. I told him I thought it was basye and he said 'all right' and that was the end of the communication. The problem came in as I understood the clearance as being basye instead of bayys and programmed the wrong fix in the FMS. I did not even suspect it was the wrong fix. I am not from the area and since the bayse fix was within easy reach and to the north; away from new york city; I assumed it was for the flow of traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Captain reports confusion over similar sounding fix names departing HPN. The fixes being BAYYS and BASYE.
Narrative: On receiving the clearance; I did not understand the controller and asked twice for him to repeat. He did have a heavy 'New York' accent. I understood one of the fixes to be 'BAYSE' but was actually 'BAYYS'. BASYE is actually closer to HPN then BAYYS. As I was climbing out the New York Center cleared me direct to the fix. As I rolled out to BASYE I was handed off to another controller who had me do a turn to 180. He then asked if I was going to BAYYS and I said BASYE. He told me I was cleared to BAYYS and asked why I was going in the wrong direction. I told him I thought it was BASYE and he said 'all right' and that was the end of the communication. The problem came in as I understood the clearance as being BASYE instead of BAYYS and programmed the wrong fix in the FMS. I did not even suspect it was the wrong fix. I am not from the area and since the BAYSE fix was within easy reach and to the North; away from New York City; I assumed it was for the flow of traffic.
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.