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LR35 captain experiences communications difficulties shortly after takeoff into night IMC in heavy rain. The first officer's yoke began falling apart; appeared to cause some of the communication difficulties and the captain elects to return to the departure airport after dumping fuel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1300839 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Learjet 35 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Air/Ground Communication |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 124 Flight Crew Total 15500 Flight Crew Type 6700 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
After taking off and entering IMC conditions in heavy rain. The pilots lost intercommunications between pilots; lost communications on radio one. The copilots yoke started to fall apart; which resulted in a stuck mike on the aircraft. The copilot switched to communications on radio two; the captain was able to communicate with ATC on radio two intermittently; (I feel that p-factor with static electricity from a loose static wick or bracket connections may have been an additional problem). I chose not to continue the flight into night IMC. Due to the poor communications on radio #2 I climbed 500 feet above an altitude assigned. (Due to poor communications) I returned to the departure airport; prior to returning I had to dump fuel to get below maximum landing weight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LR35 Captain experiences communications difficulties shortly after takeoff into night IMC in heavy rain. The First Officer's yoke began falling apart; appeared to cause some of the communication difficulties and the Captain elects to return to the departure airport after dumping fuel.
Narrative: After taking off and entering IMC conditions in heavy rain. The pilots lost intercommunications between pilots; lost communications on radio one. The copilots yoke started to fall apart; which resulted in a stuck mike on the aircraft. The copilot switched to communications on radio two; the Captain was able to communicate with ATC on radio two intermittently; (I feel that P-factor with static electricity from a loose static wick or bracket connections may have been an additional problem). I chose not to continue the flight into night IMC. Due to the poor communications on Radio #2 I climbed 500 feet above an altitude assigned. (Due to poor communications) I returned to the departure airport; prior to returning I had to dump fuel to get below maximum landing weight.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.