A pilot departing a cle area airport eastbound received a verbal route clearance which included keat...

Attributes
ACN	1026150
Time
Date	201207
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	CGF.Airport
State Reference	OH
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 4956 Flight Crew Type 1181
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Narrative:

We arrived at cgf via the 'keatn six' arrival (keatn.keatn6). The following day our departure clearance included: direct fails direct keating (etg) J146 ... Etc. The clearance; when spoken; included 'keating'; however; we had arrived the previous day via the 'keatn 6' arrival. The similarity in the spoken pronunciation of 'keating / keatn' potentially could have been the source of incorrect navigation. The situation was clarified with ground control after several transmissions back and forth as we could not pick up J146 at 'keatn' intersection. Then the ground controller finally gave us the VOR identifier 'etg' and the correct fixes were entered into our FMS. The flight was flown without any problems. Recommend changing the name of one of the intersection 'keatn' to avoid confusion with the VOR (etg) keating.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot departing a CLE area airport eastbound received a verbal route clearance which included KEATING (ETG) along J146 and confused it with the similar sounding; nearby KEATN Intersection.

Narrative: We arrived at CGF via the 'KEATN SIX' arrival (keatn.keatn6). The following day our departure clearance included: direct FAILS direct KEATING (ETG) J146 ... etc. The clearance; when spoken; included 'KEATING'; however; we had arrived the previous day via the 'KEATN 6' arrival. The similarity in the spoken pronunciation of 'KEATING / KEATN' potentially could have been the source of incorrect navigation. The situation was clarified with Ground Control after several transmissions back and forth as we could not pick up J146 at 'KEATN' Intersection. Then the Ground Controller finally gave us the VOR identifier 'ETG' and the correct fixes were entered into our FMS. The flight was flown without any problems. Recommend changing the name of one of the intersection 'KEATN' to avoid confusion with the VOR (ETG) KEATING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

A pilot departing a cle area airport eastbound received a verbal route clearance which included keating (etg) along J146 and confused it with the similar sounding; nearby keatn intersection.