FREQ OVERLAP PROB ACR CLRED TO LAND AT CAE BY ATL TWR.

1995-11 · NASA ASRS report 320179

Date: 1995-11 · Aircraft: DC-8 70 · Phase: approach

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

FREQ OVERLAP PROB ACR CLRED TO LAND AT CAE BY ATL TWR.

Narrative

THE CTL TWR FREQ AT CAE IS 119.5. AT APCH ALTS AROUND CAE; ATL TWR BLEEDS OVER CAE TWR. 119.5 IS ALSO THE N SIDE TWR FREQ AT ATL. ALTHOUGH ATL TWR XMISSIONS ARE VISUALLY SOMEWHAT MORE FAINT THAN THE LEVEL OF CAE TWR; THE RECEPTION IS STILL DISTINCT. TYPICALLY; IF CAE TWR IS 5 BY 5; ATL TWR IS PERCEIVED AT 3 BY 5. DURING THE ILS RWY 11 APCH TO CAE; WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY CAE APCH TO CONTACT CAE TWR AT MURRY (THE LOM) INBOUND. UPON OUR SWITCHING TO CAE TWR ON 119.5 OVER MURRY; WE IMMEDIATELY HEARD 'CLRED TO LAND.' WONDERING IF TWR HAD CALLED US AT THE TIME WE SWITCHED FREQ; WE ASKED CAE TWR TO CONFIRM OUR LNDG CLRNC. CAE TWR IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED WE WERE 'NOT CLRED TO LAND' AND TO 'CONTINUE THE APCH.' CLRNC TO LAND FOR OUR FLT WAS GIVEN AT APPROX 800 FT AGL. HAVING NOTICED THIS FREQ PROB ON PREVIOUS FLTS INTO CAE; WE QUESTIONED CAE GND CTL AS TO THE SITUATIONAL STATUS. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE A SERIOUS PROB AND REQUESTED FROM US THE FOLLOWING: 1) TO ALERT OUR CHIEF PLT IN ORDER FOR CIRCULATION OF THE PROB OF 'TWR XTALK' AT CAE TO BE KNOWN BY COMPANY CREW MEMBERS. 2) TO SUBMIT A RPT REQUESTING A SOLUTION FROM THE FAA BY OUR COMPANY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: FACILITY MGR STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THERE WAS A FREQ OVERLAP PROB WITH ATL TWR ON FREQ 119.5 BUT WOULD LOOK INTO IT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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