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Flight crew of medium large transport on visual approach forgets to switch to tower at assigned point and lands without clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 116027 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198907 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sea |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 46 flight time total : 13120 flight time type : 10840 |
| ASRS Report | 116027 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 116136 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Landed runway 16R at sea without tower clearance. We were cleared to tower at the outer marker while over elliot bay. Radio frequency congestion and reading checklist at outer marker distracted me from calling the tower. After landing while waiting to cross runway 16L realized radio still tuned to approach, changed to tower. My first day flying after 1 1/2 month illness contributed to my not having an awareness of not being on the tower for landing. Normal IFR operations frequency is usually changed when called and the delay with the VFR approach was a contributing factor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF MLG ON VISUAL APCH FORGETS TO SWITCH TO TWR AT ASSIGNED POINT AND LANDS WITHOUT CLRNC.
Narrative: LANDED RWY 16R AT SEA WITHOUT TWR CLRNC. WE WERE CLRED TO TWR AT THE OUTER MARKER WHILE OVER ELLIOT BAY. RADIO FREQ CONGESTION AND READING CHECKLIST AT OUTER MARKER DISTRACTED ME FROM CALLING THE TWR. AFTER LNDG WHILE WAITING TO CROSS RWY 16L REALIZED RADIO STILL TUNED TO APCH, CHANGED TO TWR. MY FIRST DAY FLYING AFTER 1 1/2 MONTH ILLNESS CONTRIBUTED TO MY NOT HAVING AN AWARENESS OF NOT BEING ON THE TWR FOR LNDG. NORMAL IFR OPERATIONS FREQ IS USUALLY CHANGED WHEN CALLED AND THE DELAY WITH THE VFR APCH WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.