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Flight crew of an embraer EMB145 (E145) lost contact with ATC during cruise due to the captain's lack of understanding the radio communication system. Contact was subsequently re-established when the first officer found the radio operation problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 390290 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : bwz |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 13000 msl bound upper : 13000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zny |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3120 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 390290 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Captain was working radios. We received sector frequency change during our in-range checklist. Captain failed to check in. We flew through the sector without communicating. Company contacted us and we established communications with the next sector. I believe the event was caused by the captain's lack of comfort with and understanding of the aircraft's communications equipment. A similar event occurred the next day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN EMBRAER EMB145 (E145) LOST CONTACT WITH ATC DURING CRUISE DUE TO THE CAPT'S LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THE RADIO COM SYS. CONTACT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RE-ESTABLISHED WHEN THE FO FOUND THE RADIO OP PROB.
Narrative: CAPT WAS WORKING RADIOS. WE RECEIVED SECTOR FREQ CHANGE DURING OUR IN-RANGE CHKLIST. CAPT FAILED TO CHK IN. WE FLEW THROUGH THE SECTOR WITHOUT COMMUNICATING. COMPANY CONTACTED US AND WE ESTABLISHED COMS WITH THE NEXT SECTOR. I BELIEVE THE EVENT WAS CAUSED BY THE CAPT'S LACK OF COMFORT WITH AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACFT'S COMS EQUIP. A SIMILAR EVENT OCCURRED THE NEXT DAY.
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.