<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1103106, July 2013

A pilot lost communications near columbia; sc and so squawked 7600 and proceeded to his filed destination.

Attributes
ACN	1103106
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SAV.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Air/Ground Communication
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 700 Flight Crew Type 10
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

Communication was lost with savannah approach 120.4 while on IFR flight plan to rock hills north carolina. I attempted multiple times to reach the controlling agency but could not raise them. I proceeded to troubleshoot my communications by tuning in a nearby ATIS frequency and was able to receive. In an effort to regain communications I contacted a nearby columbia approach and was able to raise them. I was told that savannah had closed and forgot to hand me off so I stayed with columbia approach. After a short time I was unable to raise columbia approach so I again tuned an ATIS and was able to receive. I attempted to contact multiple nearby ATC facilities but could not raise anyone so I squawked 7600 and proceeded to land in visual conditions at my destination.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot lost communications near Columbia; SC and so squawked 7600 and proceeded to his filed destination.

Narrative: Communication was lost with Savannah Approach 120.4 while on IFR flight plan to Rock Hills North Carolina. I attempted multiple times to reach the controlling agency but could not raise them. I proceeded to troubleshoot my communications by tuning in a nearby ATIS frequency and was able to receive. In an effort to regain communications I contacted a nearby Columbia Approach and was able to raise them. I was told that Savannah had closed and forgot to hand me off so I stayed with Columbia Approach. After a short time I was unable to raise Columbia Approach so I again tuned an ATIS and was able to receive. I attempted to contact multiple nearby ATC facilities but could not raise anyone so I squawked 7600 and proceeded to land in visual conditions at my destination.

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.