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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1742152 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Vectors Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
I was vectored for a visual approach to runway X. When asked to contact tower I switched frequencies; but forgot to contact the tower and unfortunately landed without a clearance. During this time I was monitoring my medical crew in the back as we had a very sick passenger on board. This is not an excuse but with all the covid-19 patients we've been flying the last few weeks I've just found myself a bit preoccupied with thoughts of bringing the virus home to my family and not knowing it. That being said; even with everything that is going on; as a professional we still need to pay attention to the task at hand and not get complacent. That truly is why this happened I feel. We get comfortable at our home environment; beautiful day and we forget the simple things that are a vital part of the operation. It's been fairly quiet at the airport except for a few passenger and air ambulance flights; so there was no infraction of airspace or anything that involved another aircraft but is still something that after years of flying I can't believe happened. Bottom line; we have to pay attention!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported landing without clearance and cited the COVID-19 environment as a contributing factor.
Narrative: I was vectored for a visual approach to Runway X. When asked to contact Tower I switched frequencies; but forgot to contact the Tower and unfortunately landed without a clearance. During this time I was monitoring my medical crew in the back as we had a very sick passenger on board. This is not an excuse but with all the COVID-19 patients we've been flying the last few weeks I've just found myself a bit preoccupied with thoughts of bringing the virus home to my family and not knowing it. That being said; even with everything that is going on; as a professional we still need to pay attention to the task at hand and not get complacent. That truly is why this happened I feel. We get comfortable at our home environment; beautiful day and we forget the simple things that are a vital part of the operation. It's been fairly quiet at the airport except for a few passenger and air ambulance flights; so there was no infraction of airspace or anything that involved another aircraft but is still something that after years of flying I can't believe happened. Bottom line; we have to pay attention!
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.