Upon landing behind a regional jet an M20 pilot discovers that comm 1 has failed and switches to com...

Attributes
ACN	1305669
Time
Date	201510
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing Taxi
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Air/Ground Communication
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 500 Flight Crew Type 120
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was routed in sequence to land on runway 12R behind a regional jet. I landed without incident but after a short time realized that tower had not contacted me to exit the runway. I continued my taxi on the runway while trying to reach tower. I realized I had a transceiver/com issue and switched to radio number 2 and contacted tower. Tower advised for me to exit immediately and to contact ground. I contacted ground upon exit from the active runway. Ground directed me to parking with instruction to contact the tower by telephone. Ground also inquired about the problem wherein I advised that I had a communication failure and switched immediately to communication number 2 upon learning on the failure. After parking; I contacted the tower by telephone and advised again of the communication failure. Tower advised that an MD80 had to execute a go-around because I remained on the active runway too long. I apologized and advised it was my first landing here and that I did not want to exit near the terminal area. Tower advised that in the future if there is a communication failure to exit the runway immediately as soon as practical and then troubleshoot the problem. I acknowledged the mistake and apologized. No further action was requested by the tower.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Upon landing behind a regional jet an M20 pilot discovers that Comm 1 has failed and switches to Comm 2 to contact the Tower. The Tower issues taxi instructions and asks that in the future; the runway should be cleared as soon as speed allows as an MD80 had to be sent around.

Narrative: I was routed in sequence to land on Runway 12R behind a regional jet. I landed without incident but after a short time realized that tower had not contacted me to exit the runway. I continued my taxi on the runway while trying to reach tower. I realized I had a transceiver/com issue and switched to radio number 2 and contacted tower. Tower advised for me to exit immediately and to contact ground. I contacted ground upon exit from the active runway. Ground directed me to parking with instruction to contact the tower by telephone. Ground also inquired about the problem wherein I advised that I had a COM failure and switched immediately to COM number 2 upon learning on the failure. After parking; I contacted the tower by telephone and advised again of the COM failure. Tower advised that an MD80 had to execute a go-around because I remained on the active runway too long. I apologized and advised it was my first landing here and that I did not want to exit near the terminal area. Tower advised that in the future if there is a COM failure to exit the runway immediately as soon as practical and then troubleshoot the problem. I acknowledged the mistake and apologized. No further action was requested by the tower.

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.

Upon landing behind a regional jet an M20 pilot discovers that comm 1 has failed and switches to comm 2 to contact the tower. The tower issues taxi instructions and asks that in the future; the runway should be cleared as soon as speed allows as an MD80 had to be sent around.