Air carrier receives no handoff from center. Changes to approach frequency and makes contact.

Attributes
ACN	226935
Time
Date	199211
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : rdu
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 21000 msl bound upper : 21000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc tracon : rdu tower : iah
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 191 flight time total : 3756 flight time type : 2799
ASRS Report	226935
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

At 21000 ft on the buzzy 5 arrival into rdu, we thought that center should have given us a descent by buzzy intersection. We heard center transmissions and responses so we hadn't lost ATC communication. We queried ATC and got no response after 5 attempts. We switched over to rdu approach (whose frequency we received off of approach plates) and established contact with them. Approach asked us how we got their frequency and what the last center frequency was. We descended and were vectored without further incident into rdu on an ILS runway 23L. All other communications and flight normal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR RECEIVES NO HDOF FROM CTR. CHANGES TO APCH FREQ AND MAKES CONTACT.

Narrative: AT 21000 FT ON THE BUZZY 5 ARR INTO RDU, WE THOUGHT THAT CTR SHOULD HAVE GIVEN US A DSCNT BY BUZZY INTXN. WE HEARD CTR TRANSMISSIONS AND RESPONSES SO WE HADN'T LOST ATC COM. WE QUERIED ATC AND GOT NO RESPONSE AFTER 5 ATTEMPTS. WE SWITCHED OVER TO RDU APCH (WHOSE FREQ WE RECEIVED OFF OF APCH PLATES) AND ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH THEM. APCH ASKED US HOW WE GOT THEIR FREQ AND WHAT THE LAST CTR FREQ WAS. WE DSNDED AND WERE VECTORED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT INTO RDU ON AN ILS RWY 23L. ALL OTHER COMS AND FLT NORMAL.

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.