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A B737 flight crew was unable to contact the atl tower and executed a go around which led to a runway incursion on another runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 443845 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199907 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : atl.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : 27r other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 443846 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 443435 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : executed go around none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : assigned or threatened penalties |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Approach control cleared flight for visual approach runway 26R, maintain 200 KTS to cergo, and contact tower 119.5. The captain verbally expressed that we had not yet been cleared to land and attempted to contact tower. With no response, contact was attempted on other published tower frequency for atl. At 200 ft above touchdown zone, the decision was made to execute a go around. Radio contact re-established with approach control. Heading and altitude assignments were issued for another approach to runway 26R. Cleared for the approach. Tower was contacted on 119.5 and was cleared to land on runway 26R. The captain was informed during a telephone conversation with atl tower, failure to establish radio contact and subsequent go around led to the distraction of controllers and a runway incursion for which our flight was responsible. Investigation revealed that only the 119.xx frequencys were inoperative, which had allowed for otherwise normal radio communication.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 FLC WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE ATL TWR AND EXECUTED A GAR WHICH LED TO A RWY INCURSION ON ANOTHER RWY.
Narrative: APCH CTL CLRED FLT FOR VISUAL APCH RWY 26R, MAINTAIN 200 KTS TO CERGO, AND CONTACT TWR 119.5. THE CAPT VERBALLY EXPRESSED THAT WE HAD NOT YET BEEN CLRED TO LAND AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT TWR. WITH NO RESPONSE, CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTED ON OTHER PUBLISHED TWR FREQ FOR ATL. AT 200 FT ABOVE TOUCHDOWN ZONE, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO EXECUTE A GAR. RADIO CONTACT RE-ESTABLISHED WITH APCH CTL. HDG AND ALT ASSIGNMENTS WERE ISSUED FOR ANOTHER APCH TO RWY 26R. CLRED FOR THE APCH. TWR WAS CONTACTED ON 119.5 AND WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 26R. THE CAPT WAS INFORMED DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH ATL TWR, FAILURE TO ESTABLISH RADIO CONTACT AND SUBSEQUENT GAR LED TO THE DISTR OF CTLRS AND A RWY INCURSION FOR WHICH OUR FLT WAS RESPONSIBLE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ONLY THE 119.XX FREQS WERE INOP, WHICH HAD ALLOWED FOR OTHERWISE NORMAL RADIO COM.
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.