Corp aircraft vectored into cell with high static electricity. Lost communication.

Attributes
ACN	202914
Time
Date	199202
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : abq
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : abq
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1900
ASRS Report	202914
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Abq departure radar vectored into cell with high static electricity felt electrical charges on skin, radios locked on transmit. Advised abq of problem transmitting in blind - transmitted in blind to abq center also - turned box off - back on received garbled transmission from abq departure - turned transponder to standby then back on to acknowledge understanding. Copilot pulled communication box from rack - put spare in that was kept in plane. Normal communication was then made with abq center and during this episode all navigation was done as given in clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CORP ACFT VECTORED INTO CELL WITH HIGH STATIC ELECTRICITY. LOST COM.

Narrative: ABQ DEP RADAR VECTORED INTO CELL WITH HIGH STATIC ELECTRICITY FELT ELECTRICAL CHARGES ON SKIN, RADIOS LOCKED ON XMIT. ADVISED ABQ OF PROBLEM XMITTING IN BLIND - XMITTED IN BLIND TO ABQ CTR ALSO - TURNED BOX OFF - BACK ON RECEIVED GARBLED XMISSION FROM ABQ DEP - TURNED TRANSPONDER TO STANDBY THEN BACK ON TO ACKNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING. COPLT PULLED COM BOX FROM RACK - PUT SPARE IN THAT WAS KEPT IN PLANE. NORMAL COM WAS THEN MADE WITH ABQ CTR AND DURING THIS EPISODE ALL NAV WAS DONE AS GIVEN IN CLRNC.

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.