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Air carrier large transport flight crew is warned of unauthorized radio transmissions via ewr ATIS. At OM they received an unidentified request for a radio check by a voice different than the tower controller's voice.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 143148 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199004 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : erw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 11000 |
| ASRS Report | 143148 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 143150 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Ewr ATIS warned of unauthorized xmissions on tower frequency. Approaching OM a transmission was received asking for a radio check. It was a different voice and an obviously weaker signal than the tower controller. No reply was made. Tower was informed on ground frequency after clearing runway. Company dispatch was informed by phone after clearing runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR LGT FLT CREW IS WARNED OF UNAUTH RADIO TRANSMISSIONS VIA EWR ATIS. AT OM THEY RECEIVED AN UNIDENTIFIED REQUEST FOR A RADIO CHECK BY A VOICE DIFFERENT THAN THE TWR CTLR'S VOICE.
Narrative: EWR ATIS WARNED OF UNAUTH XMISSIONS ON TWR FREQ. APCHING OM A XMISSION WAS RECEIVED ASKING FOR A RADIO CHK. IT WAS A DIFFERENT VOICE AND AN OBVIOUSLY WEAKER SIGNAL THAN THE TWR CTLR. NO REPLY WAS MADE. TWR WAS INFORMED ON GND FREQ AFTER CLRING RWY. COMPANY DISPATCH WAS INFORMED BY PHONE AFTER CLRING RWY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.