<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1413837, December 2016

General aviation pilot reported departing IFR from an uncontrolled airport; leveled off at an initially cleared altitude and had difficulty communicating with ATC. Later pilot was advised that initial altitude was too low for the route.

Attributes
ACN	1413837
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZTL.ARTCC
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Departed cni with the following clearance: 'climb maintain 2;000; heading 120; expect 5;000 10 minutes after departure.' read clearance back. Departed and reported off; received no acknowledgment of my transmission. 10 to 15 minutes later received 'climb to 3;000 feet;' and immediate after 'climb to 4;000; I reported 'leaving 2;000 for 3;000' I was then asked 'why are you at 2;000 feet?' I responded with my initial clearance. A conflict existed and was asked to contact ATC by telephone.I continued to my destination charged my cell phone and called the number. A supervisor responded that 'at the initial 2;000 feet I was in danger of my safety.' he was correct because the sectional shows obstacles to my route of flight at 2;000 feet. I believe an error occurred with the initial clearance altitude assignment.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: General aviation pilot reported departing IFR from an uncontrolled airport; leveled off at an initially cleared altitude and had difficulty communicating with ATC. Later pilot was advised that initial altitude was too low for the route.

Narrative: Departed CNI with the following clearance: 'Climb maintain 2;000; heading 120; expect 5;000 10 minutes after departure.' Read clearance back. Departed and reported off; received no acknowledgment of my transmission. 10 to 15 minutes later received 'climb to 3;000 feet;' and immediate after 'climb to 4;000; I reported 'leaving 2;000 for 3;000' I was then asked 'why are you at 2;000 feet?' I responded with my initial clearance. A conflict existed and was asked to contact ATC by telephone.I continued to my destination charged my cell phone and called the number. A supervisor responded that 'At the initial 2;000 feet I was in danger of my safety.' He was correct because the sectional shows obstacles to my route of flight at 2;000 feet. I believe an error occurred with the initial clearance altitude assignment.

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.