B757 flight crew is issued wrong frequency on departure from jfk.

Attributes
ACN	722106
Time
Date	200612
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl single value : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 26000 flight time type : 10010
ASRS Report	722106
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Captain flying aircraft. Departed runway 4L on kennedy 1 SID per pre departure clearance clearance. After initial contact with departure control frequency 125.7; controller issued clearance to turn right to heading 140 degrees; climb and maintain 16000 ft. First officer read back heading and altitude and reconfirmed the vectored heading. Established now on heading; climbing through 8000 ft; another controller's voice questioned what altitude we were climbing to and what initial departure frequency we were given. First officer responded 16000 ft. Controller (supervisor) seemed surprised that we were on his frequency as normal frequency for SID is 135.9; however the pre departure clearance issued to the flight specified 125.7 as the departure frequency. Controller responded to level off at existing altitude which was now 8500 ft and issued a frequency change to 135.9 the normal departure frequency. New controller then climbed flight to 17000 ft. No loss of separation occurred. Upon arrival; captain telephoned ny TRACON facility to confirm frequency confusion on the part of ATC. Supervisor confirmed the error on the part of ATC and indicated that 2 new ATC controllers were on the departure position and had been on duty for a long period of the overnight and was the probable cause of the ATC confusion with the departure. This situation could have occurred because of overnight controllers handling multiple frequencys.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLT CREW IS ISSUED WRONG FREQ ON DEP FROM JFK.

Narrative: CAPT FLYING ACFT. DEPARTED RWY 4L ON KENNEDY 1 SID PER PDC CLRNC. AFTER INITIAL CONTACT WITH DEP CTL FREQ 125.7; CTLR ISSUED CLRNC TO TURN R TO HDG 140 DEGS; CLB AND MAINTAIN 16000 FT. FO READ BACK HDG AND ALT AND RECONFIRMED THE VECTORED HDG. ESTABLISHED NOW ON HDG; CLBING THROUGH 8000 FT; ANOTHER CTLR'S VOICE QUESTIONED WHAT ALT WE WERE CLBING TO AND WHAT INITIAL DEP FREQ WE WERE GIVEN. FO RESPONDED 16000 FT. CTLR (SUPVR) SEEMED SURPRISED THAT WE WERE ON HIS FREQ AS NORMAL FREQ FOR SID IS 135.9; HOWEVER THE PDC ISSUED TO THE FLT SPECIFIED 125.7 AS THE DEP FREQ. CTLR RESPONDED TO LEVEL OFF AT EXISTING ALT WHICH WAS NOW 8500 FT AND ISSUED A FREQ CHANGE TO 135.9 THE NORMAL DEP FREQ. NEW CTLR THEN CLBED FLT TO 17000 FT. NO LOSS OF SEPARATION OCCURRED. UPON ARR; CAPT TELEPHONED NY TRACON FACILITY TO CONFIRM FREQ CONFUSION ON THE PART OF ATC. SUPVR CONFIRMED THE ERROR ON THE PART OF ATC AND INDICATED THAT 2 NEW ATC CTLRS WERE ON THE DEP POS AND HAD BEEN ON DUTY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF THE OVERNIGHT AND WAS THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ATC CONFUSION WITH THE DEP. THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF OVERNIGHT CTLRS HANDLING MULTIPLE FREQS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.