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An air carrier crew was unable to contact ATC during the climb and because of level 5 convective activity they declared an emergency in the blind; changed course to avoid the severe weather and ATC said nothing at the frequency change.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1002471 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201203 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZJX.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
On initial climb out we were given a climb to 16;000 and a heading of 240; and handed off to jax center. We were unable to contact jax center due to frequency congestion and were forced to turn the aircraft to a heading of 180 to avoid level 5 convective activity at our 12 o'clock position. At that time we attempted to declare an emergency but were not sure if the controller ever received it. At a later time the controller handed us off and our flight resumed uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier crew was unable to contact ATC during the climb and because of level 5 convective activity they declared an emergency in the blind; changed course to avoid the severe weather and ATC said nothing at the frequency change.
Narrative: On initial climb out we were given a climb to 16;000 and a heading of 240; and handed off to JAX Center. We were unable to contact JAX Center due to frequency congestion and were forced to turn the aircraft to a heading of 180 to avoid level 5 convective activity at our 12 o'clock position. At that time we attempted to declare an emergency but were not sure if the Controller ever received it. At a later time the Controller handed us off and our flight resumed uneventfully.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.