Flight crew of a large transport aircraft lost communications with center while in descent for landi...

Narrative:

Aircraft in normal descent cleared to 7;000 feet; upon reaching; asked for lower. No answer. Troubleshot radios; no comm with center. Aircraft was 22 miles out and we needed to descend to make the approach. Weather precluded operations north of the field. The tower was closed. We squawked 7600 and complied with lost comm procedures. We continued to the IAF; descended to 3;000 feet; switched to CTAF and made normal radio calls. At approximately two miles out on the ILS; tower queried us although they were not open for another five minutes and said that center's radio was inoperative and that they could hear us and asked if we were squawking 7600. We continued the approach to landing.I asked tower if there were any problems with what we did and they said that center told him that we did exactly what he expected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight crew of a Large Transport aircraft lost communications with Center while in descent for landing at a field with a closed Tower. Crew complied with lost comm procedures; flew the filed approach; and landed.

Narrative: Aircraft in normal descent cleared to 7;000 feet; upon reaching; asked for lower. No answer. Troubleshot radios; no comm with Center. Aircraft was 22 miles out and we needed to descend to make the approach. Weather precluded operations north of the field. The Tower was closed. We squawked 7600 and complied with lost comm procedures. We continued to the IAF; descended to 3;000 feet; switched to CTAF and made normal radio calls. At approximately two miles out on the ILS; Tower queried us although they were not open for another five minutes and said that Center's radio was inoperative and that they could hear us and asked if we were squawking 7600. We continued the approach to landing.I asked Tower if there were any problems with what we did and they said that Center told him that we did exactly what he expected.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1081971
Time
Date	201304
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZAU.ARTCC
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Flight crew of a large transport aircraft lost communications with center while in descent for landing at a field with a closed tower. Crew complied with lost comm procedures; flew the filed approach; and landed.