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A321 landed without clearance after an earlier wake vortex encounter distracted the flight crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1113767 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201309 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | JFK.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
[We] landed jfk without a clearance. Pilot not flying switched from approach to tower frequency and erred on frequency selected on comm. Pilot not flying called for landing clearance and did not receive a reply. Proceeded with usual callouts and completed a normal landing then realized the error. On arrival approximately 40 west of jfk we were following a heavy B747 and had been hit with moderate wake turbulence. We requested an offset from the unseen aircraft to continue. On final we got a visual on the aircraft which was sequenced right in front of us. There was crew technical discussion regarding winds; wake turbulence; go-around; etc.; from that aircraft that would constitute a distraction. Spacing and strong winds from the north made for a wake turbulence free approach. After clearing; we contacted tower and were issued taxi instructions. Captain (pilot not flying) focused on possible wake turbulence from the heavy 747 to the exclusion of normal operations; missed the gorilla so to speak.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 landed without clearance after an earlier wake vortex encounter distracted the flight crew.
Narrative: [We] landed JFK without a clearance. Pilot not flying switched from Approach to Tower frequency and erred on frequency selected on comm. Pilot not flying called for landing clearance and did not receive a reply. Proceeded with usual callouts and completed a normal landing then realized the error. On arrival approximately 40 west of JFK we were following a heavy B747 and had been hit with moderate wake turbulence. We requested an offset from the unseen aircraft to continue. On final we got a visual on the aircraft which was sequenced right in front of us. There was crew technical discussion regarding winds; wake turbulence; go-around; etc.; from that aircraft that would constitute a distraction. Spacing and strong winds from the north made for a wake turbulence free approach. After clearing; we contacted Tower and were issued taxi instructions. Captain (pilot not flying) focused on possible wake turbulence from the heavy 747 to the exclusion of normal operations; missed the gorilla so to speak.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.