The pilot of a military trainer type aircraft flew a series of touch and goes out of nip without con...

Narrative:

This report concerns taxi; take-offs; and landings without tower radio contact while flying out of nip. I had previously flown with my flight instructor on one occasion when the tower was closed.flying this time as a solo pilot; I started engine and called for clearance to taxi on the COM1 radio. Hearing no response; I switched to tower and requested clearance. Hearing no response after several transmissions; I assumed tower was closed. I therefore broadcast my intentions and taxied out. I stopped and performed my engine run-up and then held short at the hold-short of the runway and broadcast my position to the tower requesting light signals. Hearing no response and seeing no light signals; I then broadcast that I was proceeding onto the runway for a back-taxi to the approach end of runway 28. I then broadcast I was taking off on runway 28 to enter a left downwind for touch-and-go's.I made an uneventful take-off. While announcing my position and intentions I then made an uneventful touch-and-go on runway 28. Upon commencing my turn to base leg for a second touch-and-go; I observed a red-and-green flashing light from the tower. I announced to tower 120.0 that I saw the light signal and requested green light to touch-and-go. I observed a green light so I completed the second touch-and-go. However it was becoming increasingly clear to me that I was in a very bad situation and that I needed to conclude this flight and get off the runway as quickly as possible.downwind abeam the numbers for runway 28 the third time; I again observed the flashing red-and-green light from the tower. I acknowledged; broadcast intention to make a full stop landing; and landed uneventfully. I requested clearance to the FBO apron; but hearing no response; proceeded directly to the apron and secured the engine.on the following day I was informed that the aircraft's radios checked ok and that the COM2 was the active. I do not know what frequency was selected on the COM2 radio.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a military trainer type aircraft flew a series of touch and goes out of NIP without contact with ATC. He was later advised he was transmitting and receiving on COM2 system while the airport frequencies were tuned in the COM1 radio.

Narrative: This report concerns taxi; take-offs; and landings without Tower radio contact while flying out of NIP. I had previously flown with my Flight Instructor on one occasion when the Tower was closed.Flying this time as a solo pilot; I started engine and called for clearance to taxi on the COM1 radio. Hearing no response; I switched to Tower and requested clearance. Hearing no response after several transmissions; I assumed Tower was closed. I therefore broadcast my intentions and taxied out. I stopped and performed my engine run-up and then held short at the hold-short of the runway and broadcast my position to the Tower requesting light signals. Hearing no response and seeing no light signals; I then broadcast that I was proceeding onto the runway for a back-taxi to the approach end of Runway 28. I then broadcast I was taking off on Runway 28 to enter a left downwind for touch-and-go's.I made an uneventful take-off. While announcing my position and intentions I then made an uneventful touch-and-go on Runway 28. Upon commencing my turn to base leg for a second touch-and-go; I observed a red-and-green flashing light from the Tower. I announced to Tower 120.0 that I saw the light signal and requested green light to touch-and-go. I observed a green light so I completed the second touch-and-go. However it was becoming increasingly clear to me that I was in a very bad situation and that I needed to conclude this flight and get off the runway as quickly as possible.Downwind abeam the numbers for Runway 28 the third time; I again observed the flashing red-and-green light from the Tower. I acknowledged; broadcast intention to make a full stop landing; and landed uneventfully. I requested clearance to the FBO apron; but hearing no response; proceeded directly to the apron and secured the engine.On the following day I was informed that the aircraft's radios checked ok and that the COM2 was the active. I do not know what frequency was selected on the COM2 radio.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	934917
Time
Date	201102
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	NIP.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Military Trainer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Air/Ground Communication
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 1200 Flight Crew Type 40
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

The pilot of a military trainer type aircraft flew a series of touch and goes out of nip without contact with ATC. He was later advised he was transmitting and receiving on COM2 system while the airport frequencies were tuned in the COM1 radio.