GA small aircraft lost radio contact and navigation radios in snow storm.

Attributes
ACN	143058
Time
Date	199004
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : cak
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : cak tracon : cmh tracon : mfd
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 6 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	143058
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited adverse environment none taken : unable none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Departed cak on IFR direct H96. WX EST wind 290-310 at 12 KTS. Entered snow and IMC after reaching 4000' cruise altitude. Handoff from departure to columbus approach. Unable to contact tried cak departure, no contact. In snow, radios very noisy with static. Turbulence vertical and horizontal added to problems. Could not raise anyone on frequency, assigned or left. Vors erratic, needles bouncing. After approximately 20 min reached cak departure, handed off to mansfield. They could not reach me until that point. Wind out of southwest vice northwest. Blown off course to north. WX forecast radically off radio lost while in snow, a concern. Controllers not aware of problem?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA LOST RADIO CONTACT AND NAVIGATION RADIOS IN SNOW STORM.

Narrative: DEPARTED CAK ON IFR DIRECT H96. WX EST WIND 290-310 AT 12 KTS. ENTERED SNOW AND IMC AFTER REACHING 4000' CRUISE ALT. HDOF FROM DEP TO COLUMBUS APCH. UNABLE TO CONTACT TRIED CAK DEP, NO CONTACT. IN SNOW, RADIOS VERY NOISY WITH STATIC. TURB VERT AND HORIZ ADDED TO PROBS. COULD NOT RAISE ANYONE ON FREQ, ASSIGNED OR LEFT. VORS ERRATIC, NEEDLES BOUNCING. AFTER APPROX 20 MIN REACHED CAK DEP, HANDED OFF TO MANSFIELD. THEY COULD NOT REACH ME UNTIL THAT POINT. WIND OUT OF SW VICE NW. BLOWN OFF COURSE TO N. WX FORECAST RADICALLY OFF RADIO LOST WHILE IN SNOW, A CONCERN. CTLRS NOT AWARE OF PROB?

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.