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Air carrier B-737-100, unable to establish radio contact with tower on short final, executes a go around.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 273435 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199406 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 1000 agl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl tower : atl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 273435 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
737-100's communication radios are dual, 2-HEADED with separate volume controls for each head. During approach with fairly late turnover from approach control to tower, first officer got distracted by traffic and was later (3 mi or so) tuning tower frequency on a head that had had the volume bumped to minimum. After switching back to approach control -- too busy to get a word in -- executed a go around and at about that time figured out the problem. A single volume control per 2 radios would eliminate that problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR B-737-100, UNABLE TO ESTABLISH RADIO CONTACT WITH TWR ON SHORT FINAL, EXECUTES A GAR.
Narrative: 737-100'S COM RADIOS ARE DUAL, 2-HEADED WITH SEPARATE VOLUME CTLS FOR EACH HEAD. DURING APCH WITH FAIRLY LATE TURNOVER FROM APCH CTL TO TWR, FO GOT DISTRACTED BY TFC AND WAS LATER (3 MI OR SO) TUNING TWR FREQ ON A HEAD THAT HAD HAD THE VOLUME BUMPED TO MINIMUM. AFTER SWITCHING BACK TO APCH CTL -- TOO BUSY TO GET A WORD IN -- EXECUTED A GAR AND AT ABOUT THAT TIME FIGURED OUT THE PROB. A SINGLE VOLUME CTL PER 2 RADIOS WOULD ELIMINATE THAT 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.