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Flight crew of an large transport lost radio communication and squawked same to ATC and landed by use of light signals.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 299093 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 841 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : msp tower : msp tower : sbd |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 299093 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After handoff to approach control, #1 communication became staticky, unable to receive. Switched to #2, same occurrence. Checked for stuck mikes, none. Descended to 4000 ft, last assigned altitude. Broke out VFR, squawked 7600, landed after receiving green light from tower, taxied after green light. Also cause of failure unknown - suspect electrical or antenna fault.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LGT LOST RADIO COM AND SQUAWKED SAME TO ATC AND LANDED BY USE OF LIGHT SIGNALS.
Narrative: AFTER HDOF TO APCH CTL, #1 COM BECAME STATICKY, UNABLE TO RECEIVE. SWITCHED TO #2, SAME OCCURRENCE. CHKED FOR STUCK MIKES, NONE. DSNDED TO 4000 FT, LAST ASSIGNED ALT. BROKE OUT VFR, SQUAWKED 7600, LANDED AFTER RECEIVING GREEN LIGHT FROM TWR, TAXIED AFTER GREEN LIGHT. ALSO CAUSE OF FAILURE UNKNOWN - SUSPECT ELECTRICAL OR ANTENNA FAULT.
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.