Narrative:

Flying on a cargo route with the check airman just after receiving my 135 letter, we made an initial call to phx approach. We were answered and given an altitude to maintain. Our radios, both #1 and #2 communication, were very scratchy. After being handed off to tower, we had a complete radio loss on the downwind leg. We then heard the tower instruct us to turn base and follow traffic. There was a lot of static on the radio after that. We followed traffic and turned final. I flew a wider base because I did not want to interfere with traffic since our radio was so intermittent. On short final, we were told to go around. Our radios were very noisy. The check airman was trying to get the radios to work as we flew another pattern. We did manage to hear tower clear us to land. On short final, with a time-critical cargo load, we were told to go around again. We then flew another pattern and intermittently were cleared to land. We landed and I was told to call the tower. I called the tower and explained the radio situation. The tower personnel explained that I was 'slow,' so I had to go around the first time. They really did not say why I went around the second time. They also asked me if I was a student pilot with an instrument on board--even after I used a cargo delivery # in place of an north#. I explained to them that I certainly knew better than to ignore the radios if someone was talking to me, and that I would nt fly that plane again until the radios were fixed. The matter was left at that, and the conversation ended.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATX SMA FORCED TO GO AROUND BECAUSE IT APPARENTLY FLEW TOO WIDE A VISUAL PATTERN AND INTERFERED WITH FOLLOWING TRAFFIC.

Narrative: FLYING ON A CARGO ROUTE WITH THE CHK AIRMAN JUST AFTER RECEIVING MY 135 LETTER, WE MADE AN INITIAL CALL TO PHX APCH. WE WERE ANSWERED AND GIVEN AN ALT TO MAINTAIN. OUR RADIOS, BOTH #1 AND #2 COM, WERE VERY SCRATCHY. AFTER BEING HANDED OFF TO TWR, WE HAD A COMPLETE RADIO LOSS ON THE DOWNWIND LEG. WE THEN HEARD THE TWR INSTRUCT US TO TURN BASE AND FOLLOW TFC. THERE WAS A LOT OF STATIC ON THE RADIO AFTER THAT. WE FOLLOWED TFC AND TURNED FINAL. I FLEW A WIDER BASE BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO INTERFERE WITH TFC SINCE OUR RADIO WAS SO INTERMITTENT. ON SHORT FINAL, WE WERE TOLD TO GO AROUND. OUR RADIOS WERE VERY NOISY. THE CHK AIRMAN WAS TRYING TO GET THE RADIOS TO WORK AS WE FLEW ANOTHER PATTERN. WE DID MANAGE TO HEAR TWR CLR US TO LAND. ON SHORT FINAL, WITH A TIME-CRITICAL CARGO LOAD, WE WERE TOLD TO GO AROUND AGAIN. WE THEN FLEW ANOTHER PATTERN AND INTERMITTENTLY WERE CLRED TO LAND. WE LANDED AND I WAS TOLD TO CALL THE TWR. I CALLED THE TWR AND EXPLAINED THE RADIO SITUATION. THE TWR PERSONNEL EXPLAINED THAT I WAS 'SLOW,' SO I HAD TO GO AROUND THE FIRST TIME. THEY REALLY DID NOT SAY WHY I WENT AROUND THE SECOND TIME. THEY ALSO ASKED ME IF I WAS A STUDENT PLT WITH AN INSTR ON BOARD--EVEN AFTER I USED A CARGO DELIVERY # IN PLACE OF AN N#. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT I CERTAINLY KNEW BETTER THAN TO IGNORE THE RADIOS IF SOMEONE WAS TALKING TO ME, AND THAT I WOULD NT FLY THAT PLANE AGAIN UNTIL THE RADIOS WERE FIXED. THE MATTER WAS LEFT AT THAT, AND THE CONVERSATION ENDED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.