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A319 flight crew departing into moderate rain and turbulence experienced communication radio failure. All attempts to rectify the problem are unsuccessful; but eventually the dispatcher is contacted via satcom and a diversion plan is passed to ATC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1419236 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201701 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | VHF |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On takeoff in moderate rain and turbulence we noticed an unusual sound in our headset followed by ECAM and loss of communication with ATC. We tried to use VHF 2 with no success. Once we realized that all communication with ATC was lost; we squawked 7600. Captain (ca) performed the ECAM procedure first officer (first officer) pilot flying (PF) at this point) for communication VHF emitting and again with no success. Ca performed the QRH procedure for communication VHF emitting with limited success due to inability to locate all the circuit breakers. We were later told by the maintenance personnel that not all the circuit breakers listed on the QRH were installed in our aircraft. Later we established audio with ATC; but could not transmit and therefore acknowledged ATC by using transponder identify. We contacted dispatcher via ACARS explaining our situation and requested additional information/help/ideas. We then used satcom phone to contact our dispatcher via phone patch. We spoke to a mechanic and finally could also contact ATC. We entered a holding pattern over ZZZ VOR and eventually landed uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight crew departing into moderate rain and turbulence experienced communication radio failure. All attempts to rectify the problem are unsuccessful; but eventually the dispatcher is contacted via satcom and a diversion plan is passed to ATC.
Narrative: On takeoff in moderate rain and turbulence we noticed an unusual sound in our headset followed by ECAM and loss of communication with ATC. We tried to use VHF 2 with no success. Once we realized that all communication with ATC was lost; we squawked 7600. Captain (CA) performed the ECAM procedure First Officer (FO) Pilot Flying (PF) at this point) for COM VHF emitting and again with no success. CA performed the QRH procedure for COM VHF emitting with limited success due to inability to locate all the circuit breakers. We were later told by the maintenance personnel that not all the circuit breakers listed on the QRH were installed in our aircraft. Later we established audio with ATC; but could not transmit and therefore acknowledged ATC by using transponder IDENT. We contacted dispatcher via ACARS explaining our situation and requested additional information/help/ideas. We then used SATCOM phone to contact our dispatcher via phone patch. We spoke to a mechanic and finally could also contact ATC. We entered a holding pattern over ZZZ VOR and eventually landed uneventfully.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.