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Small aircraft en route from abq to vny lost contact with ARTCC. He had been in contact with ZAB and failed to contact ZLA. A military operation had to be moved because of this.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 358661 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : flg |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 18000 msl bound upper : 18000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 1475 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 358661 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While flying from abq to vny, I had not spoken with center for quite awhile. I looked up the local center frequency and they told me that they had been trying to reach me for 200 NM. They said they had to divert a military operation because they couldn't reach me. I heard ATC and I heard other aircraft, but no xmissions were directed to me. I believe the factors relating to this were the misunderstanding of a frequency, lack of noise attenuating headsets so the speaker noise blended in with aircraft noise while flying in vast openness (az and NM). Pilot fatigue may have been a factor due to an early morning departure and also unfamiliarity with the region.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA ENRTE FROM ABQ TO VNY LOST CONTACT WITH ARTCC. HE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ZAB AND FAILED TO CONTACT ZLA. A MIL OP HAD TO BE MOVED BECAUSE OF THIS.
Narrative: WHILE FLYING FROM ABQ TO VNY, I HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH CTR FOR QUITE AWHILE. I LOOKED UP THE LCL CTR FREQ AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD BEEN TRYING TO REACH ME FOR 200 NM. THEY SAID THEY HAD TO DIVERT A MIL OP BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T REACH ME. I HEARD ATC AND I HEARD OTHER ACFT, BUT NO XMISSIONS WERE DIRECTED TO ME. I BELIEVE THE FACTORS RELATING TO THIS WERE THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF A FREQ, LACK OF NOISE ATTENUATING HEADSETS SO THE SPEAKER NOISE BLENDED IN WITH ACFT NOISE WHILE FLYING IN VAST OPENNESS (AZ AND NM). PLT FATIGUE MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR DUE TO AN EARLY MORNING DEP AND ALSO UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE REGION.
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.