Brief state of lost communication.

Attributes
ACN	276094
Time
Date	199406
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	276094
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 2350 flight time type : 560
ASRS Report	275758
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

ATC never handed us off to approach controller, flew 20 NM past ewr before recontacting, unable to contact on frequency last assigned reestablished on ewr approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BRIEF STATE OF LOST COM.

Narrative: ATC NEVER HANDED US OFF TO APCH CTLR, FLEW 20 NM PAST EWR BEFORE RECONTACTING, UNABLE TO CONTACT ON FREQ LAST ASSIGNED REESTABLISHED ON EWR APCH.

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.