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Passenger assisting pilot turns down volume to pilot communication to the point communication was lost.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 323950 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199512 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | M-20 K (231) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 750 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 323950 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On VFR flight northbound to hpn (white plains), cleared into ny class B and being vectored awaiting handoff to approach for hpn which was very busy. During one leg of vector, passenger tuned #2 communication to get hpn WX and, unknown to me, turned volume to zero on #1 communication which was our controling frequency. After a few mins of quiet we realized what had happened and turned on volume and reestablished communications. Controller was justifiably upset. We apologized. Passenger (an experienced pilot) knows better but had gotten only a few hours sleep the night before and was not thinking clearly. I shouldn't have let him touch anything.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PAX ASSISTING PLT TURNS DOWN VOLUME TO PLT COM TO THE POINT COM WAS LOST.
Narrative: ON VFR FLT NBOUND TO HPN (WHITE PLAINS), CLRED INTO NY CLASS B AND BEING VECTORED AWAITING HDOF TO APCH FOR HPN WHICH WAS VERY BUSY. DURING ONE LEG OF VECTOR, PAX TUNED #2 COM TO GET HPN WX AND, UNKNOWN TO ME, TURNED VOLUME TO ZERO ON #1 COM WHICH WAS OUR CTLING FREQ. AFTER A FEW MINS OF QUIET WE REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND TURNED ON VOLUME AND REESTABLISHED COMS. CTLR WAS JUSTIFIABLY UPSET. WE APOLOGIZED. PAX (AN EXPERIENCED PLT) KNOWS BETTER BUT HAD GOTTEN ONLY A FEW HRS SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE AND WAS NOT THINKING CLRLY. I SHOULDN'T HAVE LET HIM TOUCH ANYTHING.
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.