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Air carrier PIC claiming lost radio communication descends without clearance on STAR arrival prior to resuming radio contact with next sector center controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 131723 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198912 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ipt |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 18 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny artcc : zob |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other cruise other descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 9900 flight time type : 3400 |
| ASRS Report | 131723 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Proceeding to ewr, lost all 2-WAY with ZOB in vicinity of slate run on the slate run 6 arrival, page 10-2B of ewr. Attempts to troubleshoot communication equipment and radios failed, so we squawked radio failure code and started down the arrival corridor. By some stroke of luck we were able to establish radio contact with ZNY around williamsport VOR. We advised them of our problem, worked out a plan of action to use if we lost communications again, and proceeded to ewr via normal routing and landed uneventfully. They were very upset that we jammed up 3 or 4 of their radio frequencys and started down west/O radio contact. We were based in ewr, familiar with the arrival, had ewr ATIS. If radio contact was not established, we would have squawked emergency/radio failure, flown the arrival and executed the approach at ewr.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR PIC CLAIMING LOST RADIO COM DESCENDS WITHOUT CLRNC ON STAR ARR PRIOR TO RESUMING RADIO CONTACT WITH NEXT SECTOR CENTER CTLR.
Narrative: PROCEEDING TO EWR, LOST ALL 2-WAY WITH ZOB IN VICINITY OF SLATE RUN ON THE SLATE RUN 6 ARR, PAGE 10-2B OF EWR. ATTEMPTS TO TROUBLESHOOT COM EQUIPMENT AND RADIOS FAILED, SO WE SQUAWKED RADIO FAILURE CODE AND STARTED DOWN THE ARR CORRIDOR. BY SOME STROKE OF LUCK WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH RADIO CONTACT WITH ZNY AROUND WILLIAMSPORT VOR. WE ADVISED THEM OF OUR PROB, WORKED OUT A PLAN OF ACTION TO USE IF WE LOST COMS AGAIN, AND PROCEEDED TO EWR VIA NORMAL ROUTING AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. THEY WERE VERY UPSET THAT WE JAMMED UP 3 OR 4 OF THEIR RADIO FREQS AND STARTED DOWN W/O RADIO CONTACT. WE WERE BASED IN EWR, FAMILIAR WITH THE ARR, HAD EWR ATIS. IF RADIO CONTACT WAS NOT ESTABLISHED, WE WOULD HAVE SQUAWKED EMER/RADIO FAILURE, FLOWN THE ARR AND EXECUTED THE APCH AT EWR.
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.