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B737 captain as the pilot not flying; reports being queried by ATC for switching to tower at the FAF without being instructed to do so.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1270509 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201506 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MDW.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 231 Flight Crew Type 6000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 142 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
Cleared RNAV 22L Y approach; maintain 170 or better. ATC got busy sequencing another flight. At keeel; I switched to tower for landing clearance. This is the typical procedure on the 22L approach. Taxiing in; tower said that approach did not send us to tower. I thought I was doing exactly what I was supposed to do. I have quite a bit of experience flying this approach over the past six months. The typical clearance is cleared RNAV 22L approach; maintain 170 to keeel and contact tower at keeel.I need to listen better for the exact clearance and not assume. I needed to query ATC. ATC needs to clear us to tower in a timely fashion. Keeel is 1800 AGL. We need to be talking to tower by that time from a safety perspective.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain as the pilot not flying; reports being queried by ATC for switching to Tower at the FAF without being instructed to do so.
Narrative: Cleared RNAV 22L Y Approach; maintain 170 or better. ATC got busy sequencing another flight. At KEEEL; I switched to Tower for landing clearance. This is the typical procedure on the 22L Approach. Taxiing in; Tower said that Approach did not send us to Tower. I thought I was doing exactly what I was supposed to do. I have quite a bit of experience flying this approach over the past six months. The typical clearance is cleared RNAV 22L Approach; maintain 170 to KEEEL and contact Tower at KEEEL.I need to listen better for the exact clearance and not assume. I needed to query ATC. ATC needs to clear us to Tower in a timely fashion. KEEEL is 1800 AGL. We need to be talking to Tower by that time from a safety perspective.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.