Flight crew of widebody transport departing hkg on SID is unable to maintain intermediate altitude due to turbulence, updrafts, downdrafts and wind shear. They are also unable to contact departure control due to radio static, all as a result of the proximity of typhoon marian.

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Attributes
ACN	145748
Time
Date	199005
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ch airport : hkg
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8500 msl bound upper : 9500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : hkg
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other other vortac
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 237 flight time total : 29780 flight time type : 2700
ASRS Report	145748
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Unable to maintain altitude 9000' due to vertical wind shear. Deviation +/-500'. Unable to contact honk kong departure radar control due to static. WX condition due to typhoon marian. See WX satellite photo and runway 31 SID dovar 2 delta.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF WDB DEPARTING HKG ON SID IS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN INTERMEDIATE ALT DUE TO TURBULENCE, UPDRAFTS, DOWNDRAFTS AND WIND SHEAR. THEY ARE ALSO UNABLE TO CONTACT DEP CTL DUE TO RADIO STATIC, ALL AS A RESULT OF THE PROX OF TYPHOON MARIAN.

Narrative: UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT 9000' DUE TO VERT WIND SHEAR. DEVIATION +/-500'. UNABLE TO CONTACT HONK KONG DEP RADAR CTL DUE TO STATIC. WX CONDITION DUE TO TYPHOON MARIAN. SEE WX SATELLITE PHOTO AND RWY 31 SID DOVAR 2 DELTA.

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.