Small aircraft pilot attempts contact tower at destination. Frequency has been changed but not yet o...

Attributes
ACN	201006
Time
Date	199202
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ase
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9500 msl bound upper : 9500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ase
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 250 flight time type : 3
ASRS Report	201006
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Problem -- flight crew uninformed of change of tower frequency at ase. Current sectionals in hand with wrong frequency, no NOTAMS given by denver flight service. Both duat and den FSS used for briefing. Discovered -- no answer from aspen tower. Corrective actions -- contacted ege FSS for information, who was unreachable even though we were in sight of the ege airport. Suggestions -- better dissemination (via computer) of NOTAMS. Leave printed NOTAMS on computer system. Disseminate local NOTAMS countrywide. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Reporter states the change of frequency occurred in nov and had probably been removed from FSS computer because it was published by now. Reporter circled back to ege until able to contact FSS. Then with new frequency returned to make landing. Reporter researched procedure for receiving NOTAMS and learned that pilots can request briefer to read published NOTAMS. Duat gave fdc NOTAMS but not local.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT ATTEMPTS CONTACT TWR AT DEST. FREQ HAS BEEN CHANGED BUT NOT YET ON SECTIONAL CHART.

Narrative: PROBLEM -- FLC UNINFORMED OF CHANGE OF TWR FREQ AT ASE. CURRENT SECTIONALS IN HAND WITH WRONG FREQ, NO NOTAMS GIVEN BY DENVER FLT SVC. BOTH DUAT AND DEN FSS USED FOR BRIEFING. DISCOVERED -- NO ANSWER FROM ASPEN TWR. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS -- CONTACTED EGE FSS FOR INFO, WHO WAS UNREACHABLE EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN SIGHT OF THE EGE ARPT. SUGGESTIONS -- BETTER DISSEMINATION (VIA COMPUTER) OF NOTAMS. LEAVE PRINTED NOTAMS ON COMPUTER SYS. DISSEMINATE LCL NOTAMS COUNTRYWIDE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. RPTR STATES THE CHANGE OF FREQ OCCURRED IN NOV AND HAD PROBABLY BEEN REMOVED FROM FSS COMPUTER BECAUSE IT WAS PUBLISHED BY NOW. RPTR CIRCLED BACK TO EGE UNTIL ABLE TO CONTACT FSS. THEN WITH NEW FREQ RETURNED TO MAKE LNDG. RPTR RESEARCHED PROC FOR RECEIVING NOTAMS AND LEARNED THAT PLTS CAN REQUEST BRIEFER TO READ PUBLISHED NOTAMS. DUAT GAVE FDC NOTAMS BUT NOT LCL.

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.

Small aircraft pilot attempts contact tower at destination. Frequency has been changed but not yet on sectional chart.