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Through either pilot or controller error, a DC8 aircraft wound up on wrong frequency and was considered out of radio contact about 1 hour by ARTCC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 433197 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zkc.artcc |
| State Reference | MO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc.artcc artcc : zid.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-8 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc.artcc artcc : zid.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-8 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6700 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 433197 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure Operational Error |
Narrative:
Air carrier flight xnn, en route from ont to iln, received a SELCAL from our flight operation, asking us if we were in radio contact. And of course we were. Our company flight, xyn, was right in front of us, and what I believed happened was that we got switched to the wrong frequency by ARTCC thinking we were xyn instead of xnn. ZKC said that they could not get a hold of us for about 1 hour. We were always in contact with ATC. ZID got our flight numbers mixed up. We caught the error by confirming 'you want flight xnn to switch frequencys?'
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THROUGH EITHER PLT OR CTLR ERROR, A DC8 ACFT WOUND UP ON WRONG FREQ AND WAS CONSIDERED OUT OF RADIO CONTACT ABOUT 1 HR BY ARTCC.
Narrative: ACR FLT XNN, ENRTE FROM ONT TO ILN, RECEIVED A SELCAL FROM OUR FLT OP, ASKING US IF WE WERE IN RADIO CONTACT. AND OF COURSE WE WERE. OUR COMPANY FLT, XYN, WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, AND WHAT I BELIEVED HAPPENED WAS THAT WE GOT SWITCHED TO THE WRONG FREQ BY ARTCC THINKING WE WERE XYN INSTEAD OF XNN. ZKC SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT GET A HOLD OF US FOR ABOUT 1 HR. WE WERE ALWAYS IN CONTACT WITH ATC. ZID GOT OUR FLT NUMBERS MIXED UP. WE CAUGHT THE ERROR BY CONFIRMING 'YOU WANT FLT XNN TO SWITCH FREQS?'
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.