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B767 flight crew reported requesting to climb to FL320 for weather avoidance; which is granted. A few minutes later the crew was asked why they are climbing and was then cleared back down to FL280.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1373395 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 10500 Flight Crew Type 500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
During climb out from abq; did some weather deviating. Leveled off at assigned and filed altitude of FL280. Weather still an issue. We decided we wanted to climb. I asked for FL320. Received clearance. Read back 'vacating FL280 for FL320'. Entered 320 into the FMC; pilot flying commenced climb. Passing through FL300; controller asked us why we weren't at FL280 and it was pretty clear that she wanted us to go back to FL280. I told her that 'you cleared us to FL320' and that we would go back to FL280. We returned to FL280. We had no obvious traffic conflict. We remain convinced that we were in fact cleared to FL320.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767 flight crew reported requesting to climb to FL320 for weather avoidance; which is granted. A few minutes later the crew was asked why they are climbing and was then cleared back down to FL280.
Narrative: During climb out from ABQ; did some weather deviating. Leveled off at assigned and filed altitude of FL280. Weather still an issue. We decided we wanted to climb. I asked for FL320. Received clearance. Read back 'vacating FL280 for FL320'. Entered 320 into the FMC; Pilot Flying commenced climb. Passing through FL300; Controller asked us why we weren't at FL280 and it was pretty clear that she wanted us to go back to FL280. I told her that 'you cleared us to FL320' and that we would go back to FL280. We returned to FL280. We had no obvious traffic conflict. We remain convinced that we were in fact cleared to FL320.
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.