FLC FAILED TO CONTACT DEP CTLR DURING CLB. THE FOREIGN ATC FACILITY WROTE TO RPTR'S ACR WANTING TO KNOW WHY THE FLC DID NOT CONTACT DEP CTLR. MINOR EQUIP PROB OSTENSIBLY DISTRACTED FLC FROM MAKING RADIO CONTACT.

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I WAS CAPT ON FLT XXX FROM SIN-PEN ON MAY/SAT/96. FO FLYING; ACFT WAS MD11. MECHANICAL CONDITION OF ACFT WAS ANTISKID INOP. AT ROTATION #1 ENG EGT WENT TO 692 DEGS C FOR 10 SECONDS; MAX TKOF EGT FOR 5 MINS IS 690 DEGS C. CLRNC ISSUED WAS RWY 20R; PONTIAN DEP; MAINTAIN 5000 FT. AFTER EGT EXCEEDED 690 DEGS C ON ROTATION; I REDUCED THE THRUST ON #1 ENG TO WITHIN LIMITS. TWR TOLD US TO CONTACT DEP CTL. I SWITCHED FREQ BUT DO NOT RECALL ESTABLISHING CONTACT. FO PUT ACFT ON AUTOPLT. I TOLD HIM HE HAD THE ACFT AND RADIOS AND MAINTAIN 5000 FT. WE ACCOMPLISHED THE AFTER TKOF CHKLIST AND DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF RETURNING TO LAND IN SINGAPORE DUE TO THE FACT WE HAD 2 PROBS WITH ACFT. IE; ANTI-SKID AND #1 ENG OVERTEMP. FO CONTINUED TO FLY THE PUBLISHED SID. I LEFT CTL FREQ AND CONTACTED COMPANY MAINT TO SEE IF THEY PREFER ME TO CONTINUE TO PEN OR RETURN TO SIN. THE ANSWER CAME PACK TO CONTINUE. I THEN RETURNED TO CTL FREQ AND THE FIRST THING I HEARD WAS WHY WE HADN'T CONTACTED DEP CTL. THE FO REPLIED TO THE CTLR THAT HE HAD CALLED THEM AND NO ANSWER. WE WERE STILL WITHIN 30 MI N OF SIN AT THIS TIME. WE WRE GIVEN RADAR VECTOR HDGS AT THIS TIME AND NEW CLB ALTS. WE CHANGED OVER TO SINGAPORE CTR AND THEY ISSUED NEW CLRNC TO PEN AND THEY AGAIN ASKED WHY WE HAD NOT CONTACTED DEP CTL. AGAIN I REPLIED THAT WE HAD TRIED AND COULDN'T REACH THEM. THEY THEN ASKED FOR RADIO CHK. RADIO CHK WAS GOOD. UPON ARRIVING BACK IN USA I HAVE HAD LETTERS FROM COMPANY THAT SINGAPORE WANTED EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE DIDN'T ESTABLISH CONTACT AND WHY WE DIDN'T FOLLOW LOST COM PROCS. WE WERE FLYING THE PUBLISHED AND ISSUED CLRNC AND WAS BUSY WITH THE CONCERN OF OUR 2 MECHANICAL PROBS. I WASN'T AWARE THAT WE WERE NOT IN CONTACT WITH DEP CTL AND IT TOOK ME JUST A COUPLE OF MINS TO TALK TO COMPANY MAINT AND WHEN I RETURNED TO THE SAME FREQ AS THE FO; WE WERE TALKING TO SIN CTL. I AM SURE THAT OPERATING WITH 2-MAN CREW AND DISTRACTING MECHANICAL PROBS WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE BRIEF TIME IT TOOK TO ESTABLISH CONTACT. I WASN'T AWARE THAT THE FO WAS HAVING PROBS CONTACTING THEM.