Helo has radio failure after lift off in arsa.

Attributes
ACN	202351
Time
Date	199202
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fat airport : mae
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 700 msl bound upper : 700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : fat
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 22 flight time total : 4100 flight time type : 507
ASRS Report	202351
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Contact ground 121.7 given clearance and altitude and information and transponder squawk. Cleared tower and departed to west out of ring department 119.6. On left off lost radio communication. Radio intermittent on and off tried to fix in flight by pushing and banging. Landed madera mae airport and round latch on radio loose. Tighten screw an radio ok. Called tower and told why lost radio.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HELO HAS RADIO FAILURE AFTER LIFT OFF IN ARSA.

Narrative: CONTACT GND 121.7 GIVEN CLRNC AND ALT AND INFO AND TRANSPONDER SQUAWK. CLRED TWR AND DEPARTED TO W OUT OF RING DEPT 119.6. ON L OFF LOST RADIO COM. RADIO INTERMITTENT ON AND OFF TRIED TO FIX IN FLT BY PUSHING AND BANGING. LANDED MADERA MAE ARPT AND ROUND LATCH ON RADIO LOOSE. TIGHTEN SCREW AN RADIO OK. CALLED TWR AND TOLD WHY LOST RADIO.

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.