Air carrier aircraft on test flight experiences loss of communication.

Attributes
ACN	264529
Time
Date	199402
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pae
State Reference	WA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pae tower : bos
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 20500
ASRS Report	264529
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	aircraft : equipment problem dissipated
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Air carrier X airlines test flight for maintenance check. After takeoff, we experienced total radio failure and returned to paine field using published communications failure (7600 on transponder). On final approach re-established communication with paine tower and were cleared to land.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR ACFT ON TEST FLT EXPERIENCES LOSS OF COM.

Narrative: ACR X AIRLINES TEST FLT FOR MAINT CHK. AFTER TKOF, WE EXPERIENCED TOTAL RADIO FAILURE AND RETURNED TO PAINE FIELD USING PUBLISHED COMS FAILURE (7600 ON XPONDER). ON FINAL APCH RE-ESTABLISHED COM WITH PAINE TWR AND WERE CLRED TO LAND.

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.