An A310's enroute ATC and ACARS communications were disrupted as the aircraft deviated around thunde...

Attributes
ACN	1028440
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A310
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

[We] encountered heavy static which caused us to lose communication with ATC. Large thunderstorms required us to deviate. Once we were clear of clouds communication was reestablished with ATC. We maintained last assigned altitude of FL290. There was no traffic on TCAS. We communicated in the blind to ATC. [We] tried 121.5 and ACARS. Unfortunately we lost comm on ACARS too. Upon landing the captain made a write up in the maintenance logbook. Suspect bonding.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A310's enroute ATC and ACARS communications were disrupted as the aircraft deviated around thunderstorms at FL290. Once clear of the weather; normal communication were reestablished.

Narrative: [We] encountered heavy static which caused us to lose communication with ATC. Large thunderstorms required us to deviate. Once we were clear of clouds communication was reestablished with ATC. We maintained last assigned altitude of FL290. There was no traffic on TCAS. We communicated in the blind to ATC. [We] tried 121.5 and ACARS. Unfortunately we lost COMM on ACARS too. Upon landing the Captain made a write up in the maintenance logbook. Suspect bonding.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.