Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Retractable Gear
Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 59; Flight Crew Total 5000; Flight Crew Type 4200
Confusion; Troubleshooting; Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Human Factors; Procedure
After requesting IFR clearance from clearance delivery at FXE (Ft. Lauderdale Executive) the controller read the clearance which I copied on a notepad. Reading back the clearance the controller did not acknowledge the read back but again repeated the entire clearance. Again I read it back and again the controller responded by repeating the entire clearance. Obviously I had misread the clearance back to the controller; however after reading back twice I was unsure of where my readback was incorrect since the controller had not indicated where the problem was. The controller put me on hold during which time I reread my notepad and found that I had switched two words in the read back that I had read from the notepad. The controller later came back; again reading the entire clearance at which time I read back the clearance correctly and proceeded to ground control. As pilot in command it was my responsibility to read back the clearance correctly. Since I was not told where the readback was not correct; it took three attempts for me to find the problem. In the future I will ask the controller to specify where the read back is incorrect if it is wrong and make corrections in the readback without repeating the process several times over.
Pilot reports of receiving clearance and having it issued three times because of an error in his read back.