<< >> NASA ASRS Report 443845, July 1999

A B737 flight crew was unable to contact the atl tower and executed a go around which led to a runway incursion on another runway.

Attributes
ACN	443845
Time
Date	199907
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl single value : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer & glide slope : 27r other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : instrument precision
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 4500
ASRS Report	443846
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	443435
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : executed go around none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : assigned or threatened penalties
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Approach control cleared flight for visual approach runway 26R, maintain 200 KTS to cergo, and contact tower 119.5. The captain verbally expressed that we had not yet been cleared to land and attempted to contact tower. With no response, contact was attempted on other published tower frequency for atl. At 200 ft above touchdown zone, the decision was made to execute a go around. Radio contact re-established with approach control. Heading and altitude assignments were issued for another approach to runway 26R. Cleared for the approach. Tower was contacted on 119.5 and was cleared to land on runway 26R. The captain was informed during a telephone conversation with atl tower, failure to establish radio contact and subsequent go around led to the distraction of controllers and a runway incursion for which our flight was responsible. Investigation revealed that only the 119.xx frequencys were inoperative, which had allowed for otherwise normal radio communication.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 FLC WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE ATL TWR AND EXECUTED A GAR WHICH LED TO A RWY INCURSION ON ANOTHER RWY.

Narrative: APCH CTL CLRED FLT FOR VISUAL APCH RWY 26R, MAINTAIN 200 KTS TO CERGO, AND CONTACT TWR 119.5. THE CAPT VERBALLY EXPRESSED THAT WE HAD NOT YET BEEN CLRED TO LAND AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT TWR. WITH NO RESPONSE, CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTED ON OTHER PUBLISHED TWR FREQ FOR ATL. AT 200 FT ABOVE TOUCHDOWN ZONE, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO EXECUTE A GAR. RADIO CONTACT RE-ESTABLISHED WITH APCH CTL. HDG AND ALT ASSIGNMENTS WERE ISSUED FOR ANOTHER APCH TO RWY 26R. CLRED FOR THE APCH. TWR WAS CONTACTED ON 119.5 AND WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 26R. THE CAPT WAS INFORMED DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH ATL TWR, FAILURE TO ESTABLISH RADIO CONTACT AND SUBSEQUENT GAR LED TO THE DISTR OF CTLRS AND A RWY INCURSION FOR WHICH OUR FLT WAS RESPONSIBLE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ONLY THE 119.XX FREQS WERE INOP, WHICH HAD ALLOWED FOR OTHERWISE NORMAL RADIO COM.

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.