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On base leg with parallel approachs in progress flight crew lost contact with approach control. The flight crew remained VMC and continued approach until regaining communications. The flight crew was then cleared for the visual approach. The reporter suggests there be arrival frequencys on the arrival chart like are shown on the departure chart.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 338841 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : iah |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 20000 |
| ASRS Report | 338841 |
| 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 | flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 2500 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Unspecified |
Narrative:
On a downwind, then base for runway 08 at iah, we lost contact with approach control while on base leg with parallel approachs being conducted to runway 09. Saw air carrier B737 for runway 08 ahead of us cleared for visual to runway 08. Also saw turboprop on final for runway 09, but PNF inadvertently lost the working approach control frequency while we were 90 degrees to both runways' final approach courses. I maintained VFR and requested concurrence to turn toward runway 08, also requested he contact tower and advise them what we were doing (and to also avoid a thunderstorm south of the final approach courses). After some confusion trying to find a non-published approach control frequency, we were cleared for the visual. Suggest the 2 primary approach and departure control frequencys be published on the STAR page. No evasive action needed or taken. Landing uneventful. No contact from ATC facility to indicate any problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ON BASE LEG WITH PARALLEL APCHS IN PROGRESS FLC LOST CONTACT WITH APCH CTL. THE FLC REMAINED VMC AND CONTINUED APCH UNTIL REGAINING COMS. THE FLC WAS THEN CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH. THE RPTR SUGGESTS THERE BE ARR FREQS ON THE ARR CHART LIKE ARE SHOWN ON THE DEP CHART.
Narrative: ON A DOWNWIND, THEN BASE FOR RWY 08 AT IAH, WE LOST CONTACT WITH APCH CTL WHILE ON BASE LEG WITH PARALLEL APCHS BEING CONDUCTED TO RWY 09. SAW ACR B737 FOR RWY 08 AHEAD OF US CLRED FOR VISUAL TO RWY 08. ALSO SAW TURBOPROP ON FINAL FOR RWY 09, BUT PNF INADVERTENTLY LOST THE WORKING APCH CTL FREQ WHILE WE WERE 90 DEGS TO BOTH RWYS' FINAL APCH COURSES. I MAINTAINED VFR AND REQUESTED CONCURRENCE TO TURN TOWARD RWY 08, ALSO REQUESTED HE CONTACT TWR AND ADVISE THEM WHAT WE WERE DOING (AND TO ALSO AVOID A TSTM S OF THE FINAL APCH COURSES). AFTER SOME CONFUSION TRYING TO FIND A NON-PUBLISHED APCH CTL FREQ, WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL. SUGGEST THE 2 PRIMARY APCH AND DEP CTL FREQS BE PUBLISHED ON THE STAR PAGE. NO EVASIVE ACTION NEEDED OR TAKEN. LNDG UNEVENTFUL. NO CONTACT FROM ATC FACILITY TO INDICATE ANY PROBS.
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.