A B737 flight crew temporally loses communication with ATC during a frequency change.

Attributes
ACN	518790
Time
Date	200107
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl single value : 25000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	arrival star : n/s
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 370
ASRS Report	518790
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Communications with ATC interrupted just prior to descent due to no frequency change from ZNY. Complied with all crossing restrs after ACARS message with proper frequency.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 FLT CREW TEMPORALLY LOSES COM WITH ATC DURING A FREQ CHANGE.

Narrative: COMS WITH ATC INTERRUPTED JUST PRIOR TO DSCNT DUE TO NO FREQ CHANGE FROM ZNY. COMPLIED WITH ALL XING RESTRS AFTER ACARS MESSAGE WITH PROPER FREQ.

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.