A breakdown in communication between ATC and the airline resulted in a momentary track deviation by ...

Attributes
ACN	950920
Time
Date	201105
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	C90.TRACON
State Reference	IL
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 8000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 9500 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

We were cleared to turn to 090 then 180 after takeoff from runway 32L; and then told to proceed direct to gerbs. Halfway through that turn re-cleared to turn back to 180. Then [we were] handed to center who told us to proceed direct to gve. Gve was not on our flight plan. We told them that and after some confusion read them our entire route. Our route as filed did not match what center had at all. They kept us on the 180 heading and later cleared us direct to jst. No problems nor conflicts but center had us on a different route entirely. Our pre departure clearance matched the clearance and our filed route. For some reason center had us on a different route but we never got any word of it. Later coordination with dispatch confirmed our filed route and pre departure clearance clearance but they did indicate that the center route was what flights had been flying earlier in the day. Dispatch felt that center may have assumed that we were also flying the previous route.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A breakdown in communication between ATC and the airline resulted in a momentary track deviation by an A319 flight crew while ATC re-instituted the flight's cleared route in their system.

Narrative: We were cleared to turn to 090 then 180 after takeoff from Runway 32L; and then told to proceed direct to GERBS. Halfway through that turn re-cleared to turn back to 180. Then [we were] handed to Center who told us to proceed direct to GVE. GVE was not on our flight plan. We told them that and after some confusion read them our entire route. Our route as filed did not match what Center had at all. They kept us on the 180 heading and later cleared us direct to JST. No problems nor conflicts but center had us on a different route entirely. Our PDC matched the clearance and our filed route. For some reason Center had us on a different route but we never got any word of it. Later coordination with Dispatch confirmed our filed route and PDC clearance but they did indicate that the Center route was what flights had been flying earlier in the day. Dispatch felt that Center may have assumed that we were also flying the previous route.

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.