A freighter captain report on communication with san approach control becoming intermittent.

Attributes
ACN	455750
Time
Date	199911
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : san.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 17800 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	455750
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Facility
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Communications with tower became intermittent.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FREIGHTER CAPT RPT ON COM WITH SAN APCH CTL BECOMING INTERMITTENT.

Narrative: COMS WITH TWR BECAME INTERMITTENT.

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.