ACR TURBOJET PIC CALLS SCT TO RESOLVE COM ISSUE WHEN ON APCH TO SNA.
Synopsis
ACR TURBOJET PIC CALLS SCT TO RESOLVE COM ISSUE WHEN ON APCH TO SNA.
Narrative
I CHKED IN WITH SOCAL APCH ON FREQ 121.3. I KNOW I CHKED IN BECAUSE THE CTLR'S REPLY WAS 'CONFIRM YOU HAVE ATIS INFO' IN A SHARP TONE OF VOICE. (THIS CAUSED ME TO REMEMBER I HAD IN FACT TALKED TO THIS CTLR AFTER THE EVENTS I WILL DESCRIBE HAD ENDED.) I LOOKED AT THE FO (WHO WAS FLYING) AND SAID I HAD ALREADY GIVEN ATIS INFO TO THE PREVIOUS CTLR. WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO THE SNA OM FOR RWY 19R. I TRIED TO GET A WORD IN TO GET AN APCH CLRNC. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY ASK IF THE CTLR WANTED ME TO CALL TWR. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET IN ANY WORD TO GET THIS GUY'S ATTN THAT WE NEEDED TO GET CLRNC FOR APCH. IT WAS ALREADY AT THE POINT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING TO TWR. HE TOLD ME I NEVER CHKED IN WITH HIM AND WE WERE MARKED DOWN AS BEING NORDO (NO COM). HE MADE IT SOUND LIKE I WAS AT FAULT AND WAS NOW IN TROUBLE FOR NOT CALLING HIM. WHEN WE TAXIED IN AT SNA; GND CTL SAID I HAD A MESSAGE TO CALL THE TRACON SUPVR. I CALLED AND THE SUPVR SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY I WAS CALLING. I TOLD HIM I WAS TOLD TO CALL HIM. HE SAID I WAS NOT IN ANY TROUBLE AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. SOMEHOW THAT DOESN'T EASE MY MIND; BECAUSE IT SURE SOUNDED LIKE TROUBLE EARLIER. I'M LEFT NOT KNOWING WHETHER THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT WAS MY FAULT OR IF THEY REALIZED THE MISTAKE MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE CTLR'S PART AND JUST WANT TO PUT THE EVENTS BEHIND US.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.