DA2000 flight crew reports misunderstanding the RUUDY2 departure procedures after being vectored to ...

Narrative:

After a ground hold and clearance being changed twice; we were issued a clearance of runway 24 ruudy 2 RNAV departure white intersection and the jet airway after that. After departure we were given a couple of headings then cleared to elvae intersection and nothing after that. We proceeded to elvae intersection and after passing elvae proceeded to white intersection per the original clearance. After a couple of minutes ATC asked what the previous controller gave us for a clearance was and responded the previous controller gave us elvae white and he said that wasn't right and gave us a heading to join col 350 radial to colts neck. He said we should have gone elvae col 350 radial col then white. On the chart of the ruudy 2 it says on the routing for departure fix white to expect vectors to elvae/col/white. I thought that if they wanted us to go to col after elvae that would have been in the clearance since all of it was an expect vectors to: on the departure. I should have questioned the controller about the clearance after elvae; but at the same time it was busy with convective active in the area also; I thought that ATC was supposed to issue the whole clearance if it is an 'expect' on the chart; not just the first fix of the 'expect'.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DA2000 flight crew reports misunderstanding the RUUDY2 departure procedures after being vectored to ELVAE. The routing after ELVAE should be COL then WHITE but the crew went ELVAE then WHITE.

Narrative: After a ground hold and clearance being changed twice; we were issued a clearance of Runway 24 RUUDY 2 RNAV departure WHITE Intersection and the jet airway after that. After departure we were given a couple of headings then cleared to ELVAE Intersection and nothing after that. We proceeded to ELVAE Intersection and after passing ELVAE proceeded to WHITE Intersection per the original clearance. After a couple of minutes ATC asked what the previous controller gave us for a clearance was and responded the previous controller gave us ELVAE WHITE and he said that wasn't right and gave us a heading to join COL 350 Radial to Colts Neck. He said we should have gone ELVAE COL 350 Radial COL then WHITE. On the chart of the RUUDY 2 it says on the routing for departure fix WHITE to expect vectors to ELVAE/COL/WHITE. I thought that if they wanted us to go to COL after ELVAE that would have been in the clearance since all of it was an expect vectors to: on the departure. I should have questioned the controller about the clearance after ELVAE; but at the same time it was busy with convective active in the area also; I thought that ATC was supposed to issue the whole clearance if it is an 'expect' on the chart; not just the first fix of the 'expect'.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	950436
Time
Date	201105
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	N90.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Falcon 2000
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

DA2000 flight crew reports misunderstanding the RUUDY2 departure procedures after being vectored to elvae. The routing after elvae should be col then white but the crew went elvae then white.