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A beech 400A captain reports altitude alert warning sound level excessively high frequently blocking ATC xmissions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 457364 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Beechjet 400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 457364 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : testing |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Altitude alert so loud it frequently blocks ATC xmissions, requiring ATC to repeat instructions. Maintenance says it is illegal to adjust the volume.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BEECH 400A CAPT RPTS ALT ALERT WARNING SOUND LEVEL EXCESSIVELY HIGH FREQUENTLY BLOCKING ATC XMISSIONS.
Narrative: ALT ALERT SO LOUD IT FREQUENTLY BLOCKS ATC XMISSIONS, REQUIRING ATC TO REPEAT INSTRUCTIONS. MAINT SAYS IT IS ILLEGAL TO ADJUST THE VOLUME.
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.