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Air carrier medium large transport loss of radio contact at 17000' during climb. Used lost radio communication procedure and continued to cruise altitude where radio communication was reestablished.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 86091 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198804 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 17000 msl bound upper : 29000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : msp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 86091 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 750 |
| ASRS Report | 86097 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : equipment problem dissipated flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Flight msp-mdw lost VHF transmitter on climb out when level at 17000'. Both VHF radios were bad. Squawked 7700/7600 and began climb to flight plan altitude of 29000'. Subsequently regained ability to transmit on both VHF radios. Flight completed west/O incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG LOSS OF RADIO CONTACT AT 17000' DURING CLIMB. USED LOST RADIO COM PROC AND CONTINUED TO CRUISE ALT WHERE RADIO COM WAS REESTABLISHED.
Narrative: FLT MSP-MDW LOST VHF XMITTER ON CLBOUT WHEN LEVEL AT 17000'. BOTH VHF RADIOS WERE BAD. SQUAWKED 7700/7600 AND BEGAN CLB TO FLT PLAN ALT OF 29000'. SUBSEQUENTLY REGAINED ABILITY TO XMIT ON BOTH VHF RADIOS. FLT COMPLETED W/O INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.