Following the loss of communications capability a student pilot on his initial solo cross country mi...

Attributes
ACN	964623
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	NCT.TRACON
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 152
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	VHF
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 69.1 Flight Crew Total 69.1 Flight Crew Type 69.1
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

Today I was on my initial solo cross country flight. I contacted norcal approach while climbing to request flight following. Upon reaching my cruise altitude of 5;500 ft MSL; I lost communication with norcal. I tried changing my headset to the copilot outlet; but I still was unable to communicate. I also tried contacting other frequencies; but still nothing. I became very nervous and squawked 7700; thinking it was the lost com squawk code. I decided to discontinue my flight and land back at my departure airport. I circled overhead the airport to observe traffic flow then entered the traffic pattern and safely landed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Following the loss of communications capability a Student Pilot on his initial solo cross country mistakenly squawked the emergency transponder code instead of the lost com code.

Narrative: Today I was on my initial solo cross country flight. I contacted NorCal Approach while climbing to request flight following. Upon reaching my cruise altitude of 5;500 FT MSL; I lost communication with NorCal. I tried changing my headset to the copilot outlet; but I still was unable to communicate. I also tried contacting other frequencies; but still nothing. I became very nervous and squawked 7700; thinking it was the lost com squawk code. I decided to discontinue my flight and land back at my departure airport. I circled overhead the airport to observe traffic flow then entered the traffic pattern and safely landed.

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.

Following the loss of communications capability a student pilot on his initial solo cross country mistakenly squawked the emergency transponder code instead of the lost com code.