What not to do while flying IFR!!!

[mschmuff]

Thought I would share my latest disaster of a flight with everyone on Mooneyspace!  So I’m flying hard IFR to work in DC and received my amended clearance to depart Nottingham VOR heading 240 and expect the visual for runway 23 at W32 inside the FRZ and SFRA.  4 miles from the VOR I assumed I lost my radios because I could not hear anything on either comm..  At 4000 ft in the soup I made about 4 attempts to contact approach on both radios and both pilot and copilot jacks.  After hearing NOTHING I squawked 7600, departed the VOR and descended out of the soup direct W32.  After cussing up a storm and finding myself in a 30 degree bank from screwing with the radios I was 40 degrees off course before I got wings level and back on course.  I then noticed the transmit symbol was illuminated on my #2 radio…..I hit my push to talk, wiggled the wire, hit it again and again – nothing……I eventually broke out and made the visual approach, landed and taxied in.  The airport manager was already outside with the phone waiving me down!  I parked and called approach on the phone.  It seemed my radios didn’t fail completely but I had a stuck mic!!  Yikes – they heard all of that!?!?  I asked if we needed “to do some paperwork” and he said no you’re good just get those radios fixed!!!    My buddy said the FAA doesn’t have an issue but with that language over the radio I should be getting a call from the FCC!!

So, my advice to you all – when things go wrong, keep your cool, watch what you say and FLY THE AIRCRAFT!!!

 

 

[wishboneash]

I would love to hear the one-way conversation on liveatc.net!

[Marauder]

I would love to hear the one-way conversation on liveatc.net!

 

How do we get it?

[AmigOne]

Are the lost comm procedures while IFR inside the FRZ or approaching the FRZ different than the lost radio comm at any other airport as described in the AIM? 240 deg heading out of OTT seems like they were setting you up for the GPS Rwy 5 not 23. What was the reported weather at W32 at the time of the last comm for ATC to clear you for the visual while you are still IMC?

[47U]

I requested some ATC audio through the Freedom of Information Act.  If I remember correctly, the form was done online through the FAA website.  They charged me $35.00.  It came in a couple weeks on a CD.

[mschmuff]

Wx was crazy - Full IFR over Nottingham...1200ft broken at W32 5000OVC, we were VFR over KADW and had to go IFR over OTT then back out....thats how I knew there were VFR conditions.....no difference IFR in FRZ or any other place.....although they know my tail number....I get cleared through ADW all the time and don't even have to ask....but I do the oops "oh I'm not Medstar 2 - I'm Mooney 3207F" sorry forget what I'm flying!!!

[201er]

Don't ever say "bomb" or anything like that in your plane just in case you have a stuck mic. Best not to talk about the grannies and grandes in the back either

[mschmuff]

Greg: "What's wrong with saying "bomb" on an airplane?
Detective: "You can't say "bomb" on an airplane!"
Greg: "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb! You gonna arrest me? During the war I was a BOMBadier!"
Detective: "You assaulted an airline employee and I oughta put you away for years!"

[jetdriven]

That happened to me in the 1900 a few years back. Leaving Pensacola we were always given an initial altitude of 2000, and to call departure. Departure would always wait until the second call and after we leveled off, before answering. Pretty annoying in an airplane that climbs so fast.  Well  it was bound to happen, and one night it did. Sure enough, no reply, level off, pull the power back, all that.  After I reminded my captain about "Those mofos in approach doing this again" something about "SOB's", I noticed the TX light on. Stuck mic. Great. Highly embarassing. Air Midwest was known as "Those guys" for a few weeks after.

[thinwing]

Sounds like that 45 min diatribe with a southwest capitan with a hot mike....didnt that get him fired?