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Flight crew interprets altitude change for heading change due to language barrier. Heading track deviation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 268223 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199404 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ory |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 13000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : ory |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | departure other departure sid : sid enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8300 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 268223 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 268776 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
On departure from orly airport, paris, france. Climbing through 3500 ft MSL, understood orly departure to say turn left heading 130 degrees. We turned left heading 130 degrees and leveled at 4000 ft MSL per SID. Once established on a 130 degree heading, departure control informed us we were not on the SID and were about to leave his airspace. He then cleared us to FL130 and expedite through FL60, we then corrected back to SID and climbed to FL130, the problem arose from unclr and nonstandard departure controller instructions. The french controller's poor english was a contributing factor. It is obvious from the description that we took the altitude for a heading clearance. Better english speaking foreign controllers and use of standard phraseology is needed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC INTERPRETS ALT CHANGE FOR HDG CHANGE DUE TO LANGUAGE BARRIER. HDG TRACK DEV.
Narrative: ON DEP FROM ORLY ARPT, PARIS, FRANCE. CLBING THROUGH 3500 FT MSL, UNDERSTOOD ORLY DEP TO SAY TURN L HDG 130 DEGS. WE TURNED L HDG 130 DEGS AND LEVELED AT 4000 FT MSL PER SID. ONCE ESTABLISHED ON A 130 DEG HDG, DEP CTL INFORMED US WE WERE NOT ON THE SID AND WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE HIS AIRSPACE. HE THEN CLRED US TO FL130 AND EXPEDITE THROUGH FL60, WE THEN CORRECTED BACK TO SID AND CLBED TO FL130, THE PROB AROSE FROM UNCLR AND NONSTANDARD DEP CTLR INSTRUCTIONS. THE FRENCH CTLR'S POOR ENGLISH WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. IT IS OBVIOUS FROM THE DESCRIPTION THAT WE TOOK THE ALT FOR A HDG CLRNC. BETTER ENGLISH SPEAKING FOREIGN CTLRS AND USE OF STANDARD PHRASEOLOGY IS NEEDED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.