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Attributes | |
ACN | 472322 |
Time | |
Date | 200005 |
Day | Wed |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : mci.airport |
State Reference | MO |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Environment | |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B737-700 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : local |
Experience | controller radar : 16 |
ASRS Report | 472322 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Independent Detector | other controllera |
Resolutory Action | other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft ATC Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
B737-700 series aircraft using radio #1 and local control frequency was on standby transmitter. Experienced loss of communication when the aircraft was in position and holding on runway 19R. Changed to main transmitter with no response from the pilot. Then re-established communication using pet 2000 transmitter.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MCI CTLR UTILIZES ALTERNATE, STANDBY XMITTER TO REGAIN COM WITH B737-700 TAXIING ON ARPT.
Narrative: B737-700 SERIES ACFT USING RADIO #1 AND LCL CTL FREQ WAS ON STANDBY XMITTER. EXPERIENCED LOSS OF COM WHEN THE ACFT WAS IN POS AND HOLDING ON RWY 19R. CHANGED TO MAIN XMITTER WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE PLT. THEN RE-ESTABLISHED COM USING PET 2000 XMITTER.
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.