Heavy transport entered santa maria fir without clearance.

Attributes
ACN	141990
Time
Date	199004
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : gcts
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : lppo
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Heavy Transport, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic enroute : other oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	141990
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Situation exists for entry into nat mnps without clearance. The position in question is where three firs join sal, canaries, and santa maria. There was no overlap of frequencys (no evidence of either control monitoring the other's xmissions). In attempting to contact santa maria prior to fir I was transmitting on HF 8861. Santa maria monitors 8864 but no controller responded that I was on the wrong frequency. Other santa maria frequencys were unusable. By the time I contacted santa maria for an oceanic clearance into nat mnps, I had already crossed into the santa maria cta/fir. Clearance was received and flight continued without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HVT ENTERED SANTA MARIA FIR WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: SITUATION EXISTS FOR ENTRY INTO NAT MNPS WITHOUT CLRNC. THE POSITION IN QUESTION IS WHERE THREE FIRS JOIN SAL, CANARIES, AND SANTA MARIA. THERE WAS NO OVERLAP OF FREQS (NO EVIDENCE OF EITHER CTL MONITORING THE OTHER'S XMISSIONS). IN ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT SANTA MARIA PRIOR TO FIR I WAS TRANSMITTING ON HF 8861. SANTA MARIA MONITORS 8864 BUT NO CTLR RESPONDED THAT I WAS ON THE WRONG FREQ. OTHER SANTA MARIA FREQS WERE UNUSABLE. BY THE TIME I CONTACTED SANTA MARIA FOR AN OCEANIC CLRNC INTO NAT MNPS, I HAD ALREADY CROSSED INTO THE SANTA MARIA CTA/FIR. CLRNC WAS RECEIVED AND FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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