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After spending a half hour with no radio transmissions en route a flight crew realizes that they have not answered a handoff to center. Contact was initiated with center. A systems discussion is noted as the distraction causing the situation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 528170 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Mon |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zkc.artcc |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | msl single value : 11000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : t75.tracon |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 528170 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
While departing stl the first officer and I became involved in a systems related discussion. This distracted myself from answering the handoff from departure to center. Approximately a half hour went by before I queried departure first, then center, as to which frequency I needed to be on. After checking on with center I was asked to call ind center, which I did. I believe the cause of this was that the first officer and myself became involved in another discussion and we became distracted. To prevent this situation from occurring again I believe that we need to be more disciplined in limiting our cockpit discussion.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER SPENDING A HALF HOUR WITH NO RADIO TRANSMISSIONS ENRTE A FLT CREW REALIZES THAT THEY HAVE NOT ANSWERED A HANDOFF TO CTR. CONTACT WAS INITIATED WITH CTR. A SYSTEMS DISCUSSION IS NOTED AS THE DISTRACTION CAUSING THE SIT.
Narrative: WHILE DEPARTING STL THE FO AND I BECAME INVOLVED IN A SYSTEMS RELATED DISCUSSION. THIS DISTRACTED MYSELF FROM ANSWERING THE HANDOFF FROM DEP TO CTR. APPROX A HALF HOUR WENT BY BEFORE I QUERIED DEPARTURE FIRST, THEN CTR, AS TO WHICH FREQUENCY I NEEDED TO BE ON. AFTER CHKING ON WITH CTR I WAS ASKED TO CALL IND CTR, WHICH I DID. I BELIEVE THE CAUSE OF THIS WAS THAT THE FO AND MYSELF BECAME INVOLVED IN ANOTHER DISCUSSION AND WE BECAME DISTRACTED. TO PREVENT THIS SIT FROM OCCURRING AGAIN I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE DISCIPLINED IN LIMITING OUR COCKPIT DISCUSSION.
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.