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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Teterboro, NJ · March 30, 2004

Date: March 30, 2004 · 20:53 local
Place: Teterboro, NJ
Airport: Teterboro
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0

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What happened

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(-23) New york TRACON was vectoring traffic onto the teb rwy 6 localizer when a stuck microphone was encountered on the primary frequency. Due to the stuck microphone, communications were partiallly disrupted, and a loss of separation occurred between N404SC, a C90 king air, and N5147D, a Cessna 182. Multiple reviews of the air traffic control communications tape provided no insight as to which aircraft experienced the stuck microphone. Each aircraft that was in communication with TRACON appeared to be able to make out portions of the transmissions from ATC; however, each pilot on frequency reported to TRACON that their transmissions were extremely garbled and broken.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NEW YORK TRACON WAS VECTORING TRAFFIC ONTO THE TEB RWY 6 LOCALIZER WHEN A STUCK MICROPHONE WAS ENCOUNTERED ON THE PRIMARY FREQUENCY. DUE TO THE STUCK MICROPHONE, COMMUNICATIONS WERE PARTIALLLY DISRUPTED, AND A LOSS OF SEPARATION OCCURRED BETWEEN N404SC, A C90 KING AIR, AND N5147D, A CESSNA 182. MULTIPLE REVIEWS OF THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS TAPE PROVIDED NO INSIGHT AS TO WHICH AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED THE STUCK MICROPHONE. EACH AIRCRAFT THAT WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH TRACON APPEARED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE OUT PORTIONS OF THE TRANSMISSIONS FROM ATC; HOWEVER, EACH PILOT ON FREQUENCY REPORTED TO TRACON THAT THEIR TRANSMISSIONS WERE EXTREMELY GARBLED AND BROKEN.