Air carrier flight crew's inattentiveness leads to their being out of radio contact with ATC for sev...

Attributes
ACN	437617
Time
Date	199905
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zhu.artcc
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu.artcc artcc : zjx.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : other oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	437617
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Passenger flight mun to cvg, loss of communications over the gulf of mexico. Failure of ZHU to hand us off to next center for a position report, consequently we flew out of their coverage and lost communications. Their failure to hand us off and our failure to monitor commercial radio or 121.5 over the water caused loss communications for several hundred mi until we coasted in at fagan intersection and were able to communicate with ZJX.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLC'S INATTENTIVENESS LEADS TO THEIR BEING OUT OF RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MI.

Narrative: PAX FLT MUN TO CVG, LOSS OF COMS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. FAILURE OF ZHU TO HAND US OFF TO NEXT CTR FOR A POS RPT, CONSEQUENTLY WE FLEW OUT OF THEIR COVERAGE AND LOST COMS. THEIR FAILURE TO HAND US OFF AND OUR FAILURE TO MONITOR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR 121.5 OVER THE WATER CAUSED LOSS COMS FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MI UNTIL WE COASTED IN AT FAGAN INTXN AND WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ZJX.

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.

Air carrier flight crew's inattentiveness leads to their being out of radio contact with ATC for several hundred mi.