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Small aircraft on instrument approach has communication loss. Contacts ground but misses runway change.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 191374 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199110 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pwk |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2700 msl bound upper : 2700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pwk |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 2400 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 191374 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : ground |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Loss of reception of tower frequency -- on approach -- switched to ground frequency but missed runway change. Pending radio check cause uncertain. Should have switched to ground frequency sooner. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states he was on an ILS approach, had heard ATIS so knew runway in use. Just at FAF lost communication but not instantly aware of it. Contact ground close to landing and informed of runway change, but cleared to continue. Caused no problem. Reporter states he has had several inspections of electrical problems. Minor items have been found, but nothing that would cause such a problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA ON INST APCH HAS COM LOSS. CONTACTS GND BUT MISSES RWY CHANGE.
Narrative: LOSS OF RECEPTION OF TWR FREQ -- ON APCH -- SWITCHED TO GND FREQ BUT MISSED RWY CHANGE. PENDING RADIO CHK CAUSE UNCERTAIN. SHOULD HAVE SWITCHED TO GND FREQ SOONER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES HE WAS ON AN ILS APCH, HAD HEARD ATIS SO KNEW RWY IN USE. JUST AT FAF LOST COM BUT NOT INSTANTLY AWARE OF IT. CONTACT GND CLOSE TO LNDG AND INFORMED OF RWY CHANGE, BUT CLRED TO CONTINUE. CAUSED NO PROBLEM. RPTR STATES HE HAS HAD SEVERAL INSPECTIONS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. MINOR ITEMS HAVE BEEN FOUND, BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE SUCH A PROBLEM.
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.