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Air carrier flight crew reported the inability to transmit or receive via HF communications during an oceanic crossing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1616230 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Oceanic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | HF SSB |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 113 Flight Crew Total 9388 Flight Crew Type 105 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Type 933 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We had a very difficult time communicating on our HF radios during our hawaii crossing. Not only was it frustrating but very distracting. Being new to the aircraft it got me thinking what it would have been like to communicate anything in an emergency situation in the middle of the pacific. The radios worked but we just spent a lot of time changing frequencies and trying to hear what oak and hnl radio was trying to say. The frustrating part is the technology is out there in cpdlc and we don't have it. Just hope we never have a major problem in this airplane out over the pacific.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew reported the inability to transmit or receive via HF communications during an oceanic crossing.
Narrative: We had a very difficult time communicating on our HF radios during our Hawaii crossing. Not only was it frustrating but very distracting. Being new to the aircraft it got me thinking what it would have been like to communicate anything in an emergency situation in the middle of the Pacific. The radios worked but we just spent a lot of time changing frequencies and trying to hear what OAK and HNL Radio was trying to say. The frustrating part is the technology is out there in CPDLC and we don't have it. Just hope we never have a major problem in this airplane out over the pacific.
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.