Narrative:

We asked for left closed traffic at hayward. Tower said cleared for takeoff left downwind. On downwind we thought she called and cleared us for the option and we acknowledged. After our landing tower called and said she had thought we were doing a downwind departure and we were not cleared for left traffic. No interference with other traffic.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA UNAUTH LNDG AT HWD ON A TRAINING FLT.

Narrative: WE ASKED FOR L CLOSED TFC AT HAYWARD. TWR SAID CLRED FOR TKOF L DOWNWIND. ON DOWNWIND WE THOUGHT SHE CALLED AND CLRED US FOR THE OPTION AND WE ACKNOWLEDGED. AFTER OUR LNDG TWR CALLED AND SAID SHE HAD THOUGHT WE WERE DOING A DOWNWIND DEP AND WE WERE NOT CLRED FOR L TFC. NO INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER TFC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.