Air carrier reports frequency congestion on tower frequency.

Attributes
ACN	291773
Time
Date	199412
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : acy
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 600 msl bound upper : 600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : acy
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 2
ASRS Report	291773
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Dc-9 reported constant frequency congestion on short final questioning his landing clearance with tower due to the amount of xmissions he was receiving. The tower did not hear any of the congestion. Pilot requested that this information be logged. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated this was an isolated case of feed through and indicated there have been no other reports of this nature.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR RPTS FREQ CONGESTION ON TWR FREQ.

Narrative: DC-9 RPTED CONSTANT FREQ CONGESTION ON SHORT FINAL QUESTIONING HIS LNDG CLRNC WITH TWR DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF XMISSIONS HE WAS RECEIVING. THE TWR DID NOT HEAR ANY OF THE CONGESTION. PLT REQUESTED THAT THIS INFO BE LOGGED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THIS WAS AN ISOLATED CASE OF FEED THROUGH AND INDICATED THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER RPTS OF THIS NATURE.

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.