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An ord departure controller report on level of frustration with many flight crew's misinterpreting their altitude assignments during the readback to departure controller at ord, il.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 487747 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 13000 msl bound upper : 16000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : c90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : departure |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : private |
| Experience | controller radar : 19 controller time certified in position1 : 8 flight time total : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 487747 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory flight crew : became reoriented |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Airspace Structure ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Airspace Structure |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airspace Structure | class e : c90.e |
Narrative:
The pilot of B737-500 was issued a climb to 13000 ft. The pilot read back 16000 ft, which was corrected. This is an on-going problem. It is in my opinion more frequent now than it has ever been with all air carrier's, GA, and military. We as controllers are responsible for readbacks, yet it seems pilots are lackadaisical with their air traffic duties.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ORD DEP CTLR RPT ON LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION WITH MANY FLC'S MISINTERPRETING THEIR ALT ASSIGNMENTS DURING THE READBACK TO DEP CTLR AT ORD, IL.
Narrative: THE PLT OF B737-500 WAS ISSUED A CLB TO 13000 FT. THE PLT READ BACK 16000 FT, WHICH WAS CORRECTED. THIS IS AN ON-GOING PROB. IT IS IN MY OPINION MORE FREQUENT NOW THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN WITH ALL ACR'S, GA, AND MIL. WE AS CTLRS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR READBACKS, YET IT SEEMS PLTS ARE LACKADAISICAL WITH THEIR AIR TFC DUTIES.
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.