<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1263814, May 2015

An aircraft with sna as its destination was being vectored to an lgb final when the crew finally questioned the controller who had become confused about the flight's destination. The flight was climbed and returned to sna.

Attributes
ACN	1263814
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SAN.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

On approach to sna approach controller issued a descent for the approach. While descending controller issued vectors for us to intercept final for an approach to lgb. We immediately realized his error and did not accept the vectors. We advised him we were going to sna. Controller then instructed us to climb and gave us new vectors to sna.controller became confused and thought lgb was our destination.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An aircraft with SNA as its destination was being vectored to an LGB final when the crew finally questioned the Controller who had become confused about the flight's destination. The flight was climbed and returned to SNA.

Narrative: On approach to SNA approach controller issued a descent for the approach. While descending controller issued vectors for us to intercept final for an approach to LGB. We immediately realized his error and did not accept the vectors. We advised him we were going to SNA. Controller then instructed us to climb and gave us new vectors to SNA.Controller became confused and thought LGB was our destination.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.